Epiphora kipengerensis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Attacini
Genus: Epiphora
Species: Epiphora kipengerensis
Name

Epiphora kipengerensis Darge, 2007

Type locality: Tanzania, Kipengere Range, Ikonda, ca. 40 km N Lac Malawi, 2050 m.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 23.IV.1971.
Synonyms

Epiphora imperator Rougeot, 1991 (Preoccupied by Epiphora imperator Stoneham, 1933)
Epiphora kipengerensis Darge, 2007 (Replacement name for Epiphora imperator Rougeot, 1991)

References

Rougeot, P. C., Bourgogne, J. & Laporte, B., 1991: Les Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique orientale. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 27 (4): 407–463.