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Orphanos
Nyctemera is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The genus includes the species Nyctemera annulata and Nyctemera amica, which are closely related and are able to interbreed.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first
Nyctemera tripunctaria
complexNyctemera tripunctaria
Nyctemera regularis
speciesNyctemera regularis
Nyctemera kinibalina
speciesNyctemera kinibalina
Nyctemera clarior
speciesNyctemera clarior
Nyctemera ploesslo
speciesNyctemera ploesslo
Nyctemera sumatrensis
speciesNyctemera sumatrensis
Nyctemera lugens
speciesNyctemera lugens
Nyctemera kiauensis
speciesNyctemera kiauensis
Nyctemera malaccana
speciesNyctemera malaccana
Nyctemera tenompoka
speciesNyctemera tenompoka
Nyctemera popiya
speciesNyctemera popiya
Nyctemera apensis
speciesNyctemera apensis
Nyctemera calcicola
speciesNyctemera calcicola
Nyctemera distincta
speciesNyctemera distincta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1689771.