Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Hypopyra capensis is an Erebidae moth described in 1854, commonly found across several regions of Africa.

Family
Genus
Hypopyra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 is a moth species that belongs to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. This moth is commonly found across Africa, with a distribution that includes Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zaire, Eswatini, and Zambia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Hypopyra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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