''Heniocha'' is a genus 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 in the family
Saturniidae first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1819.
Species
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Heniocha apollonia
''Heniocha apollonia'', commonly known as the southern marbled emperor, is a Nocturnality, nocturnal species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Taxonomy
''Henioc ...
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(Cramer, 1782)
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Heniocha digennaroi
''Heniocha'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
*''Heniocha apollonia'' (Cramer, 1782)
*'' Heniocha digennaroi'' Bouyer, 2008
*'' Heniocha distincta'' Bryk, 1939
*''Heniocha dyops
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Bouyer, 2008
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Heniocha distincta
''Heniocha'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
*''Heniocha apollonia'' (Cramer, 1782)
*''Heniocha digennaroi'' Bouyer, 2008
*'' Heniocha distincta'' Bryk, 1939
*''Heniocha dyops
' ...
''
Bryk, 1939
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Heniocha dyops
''Heniocha dyops'', the marbled emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae First described by J. Peter Maassen in 1872. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania.
The larv ...
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(Maassen, 1872)
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Heniocha hassoni
''Heniocha'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
*''Heniocha apollonia'' (Cramer, 1782)
*''Heniocha digennaroi'' Bouyer, 2008
*''Heniocha distincta'' Bryk, 1939
*''Heniocha dyops
'' ...
''
Bouyer, 2008
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Heniocha marnois''
(Rogenhofer, 1891)
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Heniocha pudorosa''
Darge, 2005
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Heniocha vingerhoedti''
Bouyer, 1992
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Heniocha werneri''
Bouyer, 2001
References
Saturniinae
{{Saturniidae-stub