Eulyes amoena
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| Eulyes amoena | |
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| Eulyes amoena from Nias Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Eulyes |
| Species: | E. amoena |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulyes amoena (Guérin, 1838) | |
Eulyes amoena is a species of true assassin bug belonging to the family Reduviidae.[1]
Eulyes amoena shows an aposematic black and red coloration. The black and red nymphs of these assassin bugs are mimicked by the nymph of the orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) .[2]