Argema

Argema
Mounted female Argema mimosae specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Saturniini
Genus: Argema
Wallengren, 1858
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Synonyms
  • Angas Wallengren, 1865
  • Cometesia Bouvier, 1928

Argema is a genus of moths from the family Saturniidae, commonly known as moon moths. They are distinguished by long tails on their hindwings. All five species in the genus are endemic to Subsaharan Africa.

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