Seydelia

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: Seydelia
Species: S. ellioti – S. geometrica – S. turlini
Name

Seydelia Kiriakoff, 1952

Type species: Seydelia celsicola de Toulgoët, 1976
References

Dubatolov, V.V. 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes. Atalanta, 42(1-4): 125–136. Full article (PDF).Reference page.

Seydelia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics. The genus was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1952.
Species

Seydelia ellioti (Butler, 1896)
Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
Seydelia turlini Toulgoët, 1976
Seydelia turlini celsicola Toulgoët, 1976

Former species

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

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