Amaxia pardalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amaxia |
| Species: | A. pardalis
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| Amaxia pardalis | |
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Amaxia pardalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855 and is the type species of the genus Amaxia.[2] It is found in Brazil, Suriname, Costa Rica and Mexico.
Subspecies
[edit]- Amaxia pardalis pardalis
- Amaxia pardalis osmophora Hampson, 1901 (Costa Rica)
- Amaxia pardalis parva Rothschild, 1909 (Surinam, Brazil)
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Amaxia pardalis Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ "Amaxia". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.