moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family Erebidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1887. It is found in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Uzbekistan
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
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Kyrghyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east ...
Arctia
''Arctia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lank ...
'' as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.
Subspecies
*''Arctia tancrei tancrei'' (Kyrghyzstan: Inner and Central Tien Shan; China: Xinjiang)
*''Arctia tancrei alaica'' O.Bang-Haas, 1927 (Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: Turkestan mountain range; Kyrghyzstan: Alai; Trans-Alai: Zaalaiskii Mountains; Tajikistan: Pamir Mountains)
*''Arctia tancrei fasciata'' O.Bang-Haas, 1927 (eastern Kazakhstan: Dzhungarian Alatau Mountains)