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Castniini
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They have clubbed antennae and are day flying, and are often mistaken for butterflies. Indeed, some previous classification systems placed this family within the butterflies or skippers. The Neotropical species are...
14 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Paysandisia
genusPaysandisia

Telchin
genusTelchin

Eupalamides
genusEupalamides

Castnia
genusCastnia

Synpalamides
genusSynpalamides

Athis
genusAthis

Corybantes
genusCorybantes

Ceretes
genusCeretes

Geyeria
genusGeyeria

Yagra
genusYagra

Lapaeumides
genusLapaeumides
Ircila
genusIrcila

Oiticicastnia
genusOiticicastnia
Mexicastnia
genusMexicastnia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1042977.