Genus of geometer moths
| Abraxas
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Geometridae
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| Tribe:
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Abraxini
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| Genus:
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Abraxas
Leach, 1815
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| Synonyms
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- Spilote Hübner, [1806]
- Spilota Hübner, 1818
- Zerene Treitschke, 1825
- Calospilos Hübner, [1825]
- Callispilus Agassiz, 1847
- Potera Moore, [1879]
- Omophyseta Warren, 1894
- Silabraxas Swinhoe, 1900
- Chooreechillum Lucas, 1901
- Dextridens Wehrli, 1934
- Isostictia Wehrli, 1934
- Diceratodesia Wehrli, 1935
- Mesohypoleuca Wehrli, 1935
- Rhabdotaedoeagus Wehrli, 1935
- Spinuncus Wehrli, 1935
- Trimeresia Wehrli, 1935
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Abraxas, the magpie moths, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.
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