Hypopyra capensis

Species of moth

Hypopyra capensis

male in Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypopyra
Species:	H. capensis
Binomial name
*Hypopyra capensis* Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Synonyms
Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913) Enmonodia endoxantha Hampson, 1913 Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925) Enmonodia hampsoni Aurivillius, 1925 Hypopyra lunifera (Aurivillius, 1925) Hypopyra occidentalis (Hampson, 1913) Enmonodia occidentalis Hampson, 1913 Hypopyra plumbefusa (Hampson, 1913) Enmonodia plumbefusa Hampson, 1913 Hypopyra pulverulenta (Hampson, 1913) Enmonodia pulverulenta Hampson, 1913

Hypopyra capensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.^[1]^[2] This moth species is commonly found in Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zaire, Eswatini to Zambia.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Hypopyra capensis.

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schaffer 1854". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.