Afrojavanica

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
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Afrojavanica
Species: A. kostlani – A. melaena – A. melaenoides
Name

Afrojavanica Dubatolov, 2006

Type-species: Pericallia geometrica kostlani Gaede, 1923
References

Dubatolov, 2006, New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 27(3):139-152 (2006) [1]

Afrojavanica is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths have a curious, disruptive distribution in northeast Africa (Ethiopia) and Sundaland (Java).
Species

Afrojavanica kostlani (Gaede, 1923)
Afrojavanica melaena (Hampson, 1901)
Afrojavanica melaenoides (Rothschild, 1935)