Carathis

Carathis
Carathis gortynoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Phaegopterina
Genus:	Carathis Grote, [1866]

Carathis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866.

Species

• Carathis alayorum Becker, 2011
• Carathis australis Rothschild, 1909
• Carathis byblis (Schaus, 1892)
• Carathis gortynoides Grote, [1866]
• Carathis palpalis (Walker, 1855)
• Carathis septentrionalis Becker, 2011

Former species

• Carathis klagesi, now Tessella klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)

References

• Becker, V. O. (2011). "A review of the neotropical moth genus Carathis Grote (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 21 (2): 95–97.

External links

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• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.