Acharia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea

Familia: Limacodidae
Subfamilia: Limacodinae
Genus: Acharia
Species: A. apicalis – A. brunnus – A. stimulea
Name

Acharia Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Sphinx brunnus Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen (Papillons exot.) 2: 81, pl.147, fig.C.
References

Hübner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett., (8): 124.
Becker, V. O. & S. E. Miller, 1988, The identity of Sphinx brunnus Cramer and the taxonòmic position of Acharia Huebner (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae), Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 26(l-4): 219–224. (PDF)
Acharia (index card) on The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
Acharia on Butterflies & Moths of the World: Generic Names & their Type-species

Acharia is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae.
Species

The following species are classified in the genus. This species list may be incomplete.

Acharia affinis (Möschler, 1883)
Acharia apicalis (Dyar, 1900)
Acharia brunnus (Cramer, 1777)
Acharia extensa (Schaus, 1896)
Acharia hyperoche (Dognin, 1914)
Acharia horrida (Dyar, 1905)
Acharia nesea (Stoll, 1780)
Acharia ophelians (Dyar, 1927)
Acharia saras Dyar
Acharia stimulea (syn. Sibine stimulea) – saddleback caterpillar moth (Clemens, 1860)

References