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Arctia
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Therein, it belongs to the subtribe Arctiina in the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae. Species are well distributed throughout North America, Palearctic, India, and Sri Lanka.
As a result of phylogenetic studies by Rönkä et al. in 2016, the following genera were determined to be synonyms with Arctia, and their species were reclassified in this genus.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Garden Tiger
speciesArctia caja
Cream-spot Tiger
speciesArctia villica
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth
speciesArctia parthenos
Wood Tiger
speciesArctia plantaginis
Ranchman's Tiger Moth
speciesArctia virginalis
Hebe Tiger Moth
speciesArctia festiva
Arctia angelica
speciesArctia angelica
Arctia matronula
speciesArctia matronula
Arctia tigrina
speciesArctia tigrina
Patton's Tiger
speciesArctia testudinaria
Arctia flavia
speciesArctia flavia
lady-in-waiting
speciesArctia aulica
Arctia dejeani
speciesArctia dejeani
Mountain Tiger Moth
speciesArctia yarrowii
Opulent Tiger Moth
speciesArctia opulenta
Lapland Tiger Moth
speciesArctia lapponica
Arctia subnebulosa
speciesArctia subnebulosa
Arctic Tiger Moth
speciesArctia alpina
Arctia intercalaris
speciesArctia intercalaris
Arctia ungemachi
speciesArctia ungemachi
Arctia rueckbeili
speciesArctia rueckbeili
Arctia menetriesii
speciesArctia menetriesii
Kluane Tiger Moth
speciesArctia brachyptera
Arctia confluens
speciesArctia confluens
Arctia ornata
speciesArctia ornata
Arctia dido
speciesArctia dido
Arctia buddenbrocki
speciesArctia buddenbrocki
Arctia seitzi
speciesArctia seitzi
Arctia martinhoneyi
speciesArctia martinhoneyi
Arctia sieversi
speciesArctia sieversi
Arctia romanovi
speciesArctia romanovi
Arctia tancrei
speciesArctia tancrei
Arctia cupido
speciesArctia cupido
Arctia taona
speciesArctia taona
Arctia tundrana
speciesArctia tundrana
Arctia perornata
speciesArctia perornata
Arctia souliei
speciesArctia souliei
Arctia gurkoi
speciesArctia gurkoi
Arctia olschwangi
speciesArctia olschwangi
Arctia bretaudeaui
speciesArctia bretaudeaui
Arctia ladakensis
speciesArctia ladakensis
Arctia botryosa
speciesArctia botryosa
Arctia caraganae
speciesArctia caraganae
Arctia donacina
speciesArctia donacina
Arctia culmigena
speciesArctia culmigena
Arctia cornuta
speciesArctia cornuta
Arctia kolpakofskii
speciesArctia kolpakofskii
Arctia churkini
speciesArctia churkini
Arctia ephedrae
speciesArctia ephedrae
Arctia marchandi
speciesArctia marchandi
Arctia aglaia
speciesArctia aglaia
Arctia auxo
speciesArctia auxo
Arctia euphrosyne
speciesArctia euphrosyne
Arctia gloria
speciesArctia gloria
Arctia kale
speciesArctia kale
Arctia thaleia
speciesArctia thaleia
Arctia watsoni
speciesArctia watsoni
Arctia rubrobasalis
speciesArctia rubrobasalis
Arctia mirifica
speciesArctia mirifica
Arctia allardi
speciesArctia allardi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 68331.