''Catephia scylla'' is a species 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 ...
of 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'') ...
first described by
James Farish Malcolm Fawcett
James Farish Malcolm Fawcett (born 1856) was an English cavalry officer of the 5th Lancers. He was also an entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Life
The son of James Fawcett of Edinburgh, who was resident at Scaleby Castle in 1847, he was ...
in 1916. It is found in
Kenya
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References
*Fawcett, J. M. (1916)
"Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13" ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 2: 707–737, pl. 1.
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Endemic moths of Kenya
Catephia
Moths described in 1916
Moths of Africa
Taxa named by J. Malcolm Fawcett
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