''Cacyparis elegans'' is a moth species in the genus ''

Cacyparis ''Cacyparis'' is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sov ...

'' first described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner Butl ...

in 1887. It is found in the

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References

Nolidae Moths described in 1887 {{Nolidae-stub