Prometheus (moth)
Genus of moths
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Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1824
| Prometheus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Prometheus Hübner, 1824 |
Taxonomy
Prometheus contains the following species:[1] [2]
- Prometheus annae (Bierdemann, 1935)
- Prometheus cochrus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Prometheus cononia (Westwood, 1877) [see Castnia mars Druce, 1883 (?)]
- Prometheus ecuadoria (Westwood, 1877)
- Prometheus heliconioides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
- Prometheus mimica (R. Felder, 1874)
- Prometheus personata (Walker, [1865])
- Prometheus polymorpha (Miller, 2008)
- Prometheus simulans (Boisduval, [1875])
- Prometheus zagraea (R. Felder, 1874)
