''Amata'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
tiger moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft. ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The genus was erected by
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...
in 1807.
Selected species
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Amata albapex''
Hampson, 1893
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Amata albionica''
Dufay, 1965
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Amata albobasis''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Amata alenicola''
(Strand, 1912)
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Amata alicia''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata annulata''
Fabricius, 1775
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Amata antitheta''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata aperta''
Walker, 1865
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Amata atricornis''
(Wallengren, 1863)
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Amata atricornuta''
Gaede, 1926
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Amata attenuata''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata basithyris''
Hampson, 1914
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Amata benitonis''
(Strand, 1912)
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Amata bicincta''
Kollar, 1844
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Amata bicolor''
Walker, 1854
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Amata bifasciata''
(Hopffer, 1857)
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Amata bondo''
(Kiriakoff, 1965)
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Amata borguensis''
(Hampson, 1901)
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Amata borneogena''
Obraztsov, 1955
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Amata burtti''
(Distant, 1900)
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Amata caerulescens''
(Druce, 1898)
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Amata cantori''
Moore, 1859
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Amata caspia''
Staudinger, 1877
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Amata cerbera''
(Linnaeus, 1764)
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Amata ceres''
(Oberthür, 1878)
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Amata chariessa''
(Jordan, 1936)
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Amata chloroscia''
(Hampson, 1901)
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Amata cholmlei''
(Hampson, 1907)
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Amata chlorometis''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata choneutospila''
Turner, 1905
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Amata chroma''
Swinhoe, 1892
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Amata chromatica''
Turner, 1905
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Amata chrysozona''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata congener
''Amata congener'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Kenya
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(Hampson, 1901)
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Amata consimilis''
(Hampson, 1901)
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Amata creobota''
(Holland, 1893)
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Amata croceizona''
(Hampson, 1910)
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Amata cuprizonata''
(Hampson, 1901)
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Amata cyanea''
Hampson, 1914
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Amata cyanura''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata cyssea''
Stoll, 1782
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Amata decorata''
Walker, 1862
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Amata dilatata''
Snellen, 1881
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Amata dilateralis''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata discata''
(Druce, 1898)
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Amata dissimilis''
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
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Amata distorta''
(Rothschild, 1910)
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Amata divalis''
(Schaus & Clements, 1893)
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Amata dohertyi''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata dyschlaena''
Turner, 1905
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Amata elongimacula''
Hampson, 1898
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Amata endocrocis''
(Hampson, 1903)
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Amata exapta''
Swinhow, 1892
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Amata expandens''
Walker, 1862
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Amata flavoanalis''
(Seitz, 1926)
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Amata fortunei''
(d'Orza, 1869) – white-spotted moth
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Amata francisca''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata fruhstorferi''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata gigas''
(Rothschild, 1910)
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Amata gil
According to Roman mythology, Amata (also called Palanto) was the wife of Latinus, king of the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins, and the mother of their only child, Lavinia. In the Aeneid of Virgil, she commits suicide during the conflict between ...
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Witt et al., 2007
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Amata goodii''
(Holland, 1893)
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Amata hellei''
(Romieux, 1935)
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Amata hemiphoenica''
(Hampson, 1910)
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Amata heptaspila''
Turner, 1905
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Amata hesperitis''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata huebneri''
Boisduval, 1828
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Amata humeralis''
Butler, 1876
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Amata hyalota''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata hypomela''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Amata insularis''
Butler, 1876
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Amata interniplaga''
(Mabille, 1890)
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Amata jacksoni''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata janenschi''
Seitz, 1926
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Amata johanna''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata kenredi''
(Rothschild, 1910)
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Amata kinensis''
Hampson, 1898
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Amata kruegeri''
Ragusa, 1904
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Amata kuhlweini''
(Lefèbvre, 1832)
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Amata lagosensis''
(Hampson, 1907)
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Amata lampetis''
Turner, 1898
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Amata lateralis''
(Boisduval, 1836)
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Amata leimacis''
(Holland, 1893)
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Amata leucacma''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata leucerythra''
(Holland, 1893)
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Amata leucosoma''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata lucta''
Lucas, 1901
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Amata luzonensis''
(Wileman & West, 1925)
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Amata macroflavifer''
Holloway, 1988
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Amata macroplaca''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata magistri''
Turner, 1905
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Amata magnopupillata''
Berio, 1941
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Amata magrettii''
Berio, 1937
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Amata marella''
Butler, 1876
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Amata marina''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata marinoides''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Amata marjana''
Stauder, 1913
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Amata melitospila''
Turner, 1905
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Amata mestralii''
Bugnion, 1837
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Amata miozona''
(Hampson, 1910)
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Amata mjobergi''
Talbot, 1926
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Amata mogadorensis''
Blachier, 1908
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Amata monothyris''
Hampson, 1914
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Amata monticola''
(Aurivillius, 1910)
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Amata multicincta''
(Hampson, 1914)
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Amata multifasciata''
(Hampson, 893
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Amata nigriceps''
Butler, 1876
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Amata nigricilia''
(Strand, 1912)
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Amata nigricornis''
Alphéraky, 1883
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Amata nigrobasalis''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata ntebi''
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
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Amata obraztsovi''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Amata ochrospila''
Turner, 1922
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Amata olinda''
Swinhoe, 1892
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Amata orphnaea''
Turner, 1898
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Amata pactolina''
Walker, 1865
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Amata paradelpha''
Turner, 1905
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Amata paraula''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata passalis''
(Fabricius, 1781)
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Amata pembertoni''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata perixanthia''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata pfeifferae''
(Moore, 1859)
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Amata phaeobasis''
(Hampson, 1907)
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Amata phaeochyta''
Turner, 1907
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Amata phaeososma''
Hampson, 1914
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Amata phaeozona''
(Zerny, 1912)
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Amata phegea''
Linnaeus, 1758 – nine-spotted moth
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Amata phepsalotis''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata phoenicia''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata pleurosticta''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata ploetzi''
(Strand, 1912)
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Amata polidamon''
(Cramer, 1779)
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Amata polymita''
Linnaeus, 1768 – tiger-striped clearwing moth
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Amata polyxo''
(Fawcett, 1918)
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Amata prepuncta''
Holloway, 1988
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Amata prosomoea''
Turner, 1905
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Amata pryeri''
Hampson, 1898
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Amata pseudextensa''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata pseudosimplex''
de Freina, 2013
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Amata pyrocoma''
Meyrick, 1886
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Amata ragazzii''
Turati, 1917
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Amata recedens''
Lucas, 1891
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Amata rendalli''
(Distant, 1897)
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Amata romeii''
Berio, 1941
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Amata rubritincta''
(Hampson, 1903)
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Amata rufina''
(Oberthür, 1878)
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Amata schoutedeni''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Amata shirakii''
(Sonan, 1941)
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Amata shoa''
(Hampson, 1898)
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Amata similis''
(Le Cerf, 1922)
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Amata simplex''
(Walker, 1854)
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Amata soror''
(Le Cerf, 1922)
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Amata sperbius''
(Fabricius, 1787)
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Amata stanleyi''
(Kiriakoff, 1965)
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Amata stenoptera''
(Zerny, 1912)
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Amata stictoptera''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata symphona''
Swinhoe, 1907
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Amata syntomoides''
Butler, 1876
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Amata teinopera''
Hampson, 1898
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Amata tenera''
Hulstaert, 1923
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Amata tetragonaria''
Walker, 1862
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Amata thoracica''
Moore, 1877
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Amata tomasina''
(Butler, 1876)
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Amata trifascia''
Holloway, 1976
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Amata trigonophora''
Turner, 1898
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Amata tripunctata''
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
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Amata tritonia''
(Hampson, 1911)
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Amata uelleburgensis''
(Strand, 1912)
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Amata velatipennis''
(Walker, 1864)
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Amata vicarians''
Holloway, 1988
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Amata waldowi''
(Grünberg, 1907)
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Amata wallacei''
(Moore, 1859)
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Amata williami''
Rothschild, 1910
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Amata xanthopleura''
Hampson, 1914
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Amata xanthosoma''
Turner, 1898
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Amata xanthura''
Turner, 1905
Gallery
References
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Syntomini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius