| Arctia | |
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| Arctia caja imago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiina |
| Genus: | Arctia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ammobiota Wallengren, 1885 | |
Arctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.[1] 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.[2]
- Acerbia
- Ammobiota
- Atlantarctia
- Borearctia
- Callarctia
- Chionophila
- Eupsychoma
- Gonerda
- Nemeophila
- Oroncus
- Pararctia
- Platarctia
- Platyprepia
- Preparctia
- Sinoarctia
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Arctia Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
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