''Atacira'' 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
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 ...
s of the family
Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species ...
. The genus was described by
Charles Swinhoe
Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838, in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...
in 1900.
Species
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Atacira affinis''
(Hampson, 1918) Taiwan
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Atacira angulata''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Atacira approximata''
(Walker, 863
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* September 3 – Battle of Lalakaon: A Byzantine army confronts ...
Sundaland
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Atacira barlowi''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
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Atacira brunneata''
Holloway, 1985 Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Atacira caesia''
(Roepke, 1938) N.Sulawesi
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Atacira chalybsa''
(Hampson, 1891) Oriental tropics to Sundaland
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Atacira chalybsoides''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira diehli''
(Kobes, 1982) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
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Atacira dimidiata''
(Walker, 863
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Year 863 ( DCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* September 3 – Battle of Lalakaon: A Byzantine army confronts ...
Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi
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Atacira flaviluna''
(Hampson, 1905) Singapore, Borneo
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Atacira glauca''
(Prout, 1928) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
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Atacira grabczewskii''
(Püngeler, 1904) Japan
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Atacira josephinae''
(Holloway, 1976) Borneo
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Atacira melanephra''
(Hampson, 1912) India, Sri Lanka
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Atacira mima''
(Prout, 1925) Arabia, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Africa
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Atacira olivacea''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, Sumatra
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Atacira olivaceiplaga''
(Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
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Atacira pala''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira rubrirena''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, western Sumatra, western Sulawesi, New Guinea
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Atacira smarti''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira sommereri''
(Kobes, 1982) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia
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Atacira waterstradti''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo
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Atacira winseri''
Holloway, 1985 Borneo, Sumatra
References
Euteliinae
Noctuoidea genera
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