Amata kuhlweini Lefèbvre, 1831 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amata kuhlweini Lefèbvre, 1831

Amata kuhlweini Lefèbvre, 1831

Amata kuhlweini, the cool handmaiden, is an Erebidae moth found in South Africa and Tanzania.

Family
Genus
Amata
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Amata kuhlweini Lefèbvre, 1831

Amata kuhlweini (common name cool handmaiden) is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. It was originally described by Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy, with cited publication years of either 1831 or 1832. This species has been recorded in South Africa and Tanzania.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Amata

More from Erebidae

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