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Frothers
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Frothers

Amerila

Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.

The genus is placed in a monotypic tribe Amerilini, described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2010. They are sometimes (e.g. in the "Erebidae" scheme) incorrectly merged into the Phaegopterini, but morphologically the tribe is related to Callimorphini. The elder name Rhodogastriini Kiriakoff, 1950 was based on incorrectly determined genus Rhodogastria (=Amerila in modern sense).

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Amerila astreus

speciesAmerila astreus

Walker's frother

speciesAmerila rubripes

Croker's Frother

speciesAmerila crokeri

Amerila vitrea

speciesAmerila vitrea

White Frother

speciesAmerila bubo

Timoli's Frother

speciesAmerila timolis

Amerila omissa

speciesAmerila omissa

Small Redtail Frother

speciesAmerila lupia

Albert's Frother

speciesAmerila alberti

Amerila nigropunctata

speciesAmerila nigropunctata

Amerila affinis

speciesAmerila affinis

Silky Frother

speciesAmerila serica

Amerila phaedra

speciesAmerila phaedra

Baur's Frother

speciesAmerila bauri

Amerila eugenia

speciesAmerila eugenia

Amerila madagascariensis

speciesAmerila madagascariensis

Amerila luteibarba

speciesAmerila luteibarba

Amerila arthusbertrand

speciesAmerila arthusbertrand

Amerila albivitrea

speciesAmerila albivitrea

Amerila brunnea

speciesAmerila brunnea

Amerila puella

speciesAmerila puella

Amerila vidua

speciesAmerila vidua

Amerila fennia

speciesAmerila fennia

Amerila magnifica

speciesAmerila magnifica

Amerila mulleri

speciesAmerila mulleri

Amerila leucoptera

speciesAmerila leucoptera

Amerila catinca

speciesAmerila catinca

Amerila rosenfeldae

speciesAmerila rosenfeldae

Amerila shimbaensis

speciesAmerila shimbaensis

Amerila niveivitrea

speciesAmerila niveivitrea

Amerila androfusca

speciesAmerila androfusca

Amerila caudipennis

speciesAmerila caudipennis

Amerila abdominalis

speciesAmerila abdominalis

Amerila syntomina

speciesAmerila syntomina

Amerila nivaria

speciesAmerila nivaria

Amerila carneola

speciesAmerila carneola

Amerila castanea

speciesAmerila castanea

Amerila roseomarginata

speciesAmerila roseomarginata

Amerila femina

speciesAmerila femina

Amerila nigroapicalis

speciesAmerila nigroapicalis

Amerila lineolata

speciesAmerila lineolata

Asbolopsyche parasordida

speciesAsbolopsyche parasordida

Asurgylla collenettei

speciesAsurgylla collenettei

Amerila alexandrae

speciesAmerila alexandrae

Amerila kiellandi

speciesAmerila kiellandi

Amerila lactea

speciesAmerila lactea

Amerila simillima

speciesAmerila simillima

Amerila curta

speciesAmerila curta

Amerila rufitarsus

speciesAmerila rufitarsus

Amerila crockeri

speciesAmerila crockeri

Amerila piepersii

speciesAmerila piepersii

Amerila erythropus

speciesAmerila erythropus

Amerila rhodopa

speciesAmerila rhodopa

Amerila bipartita

speciesAmerila bipartita

Amerila rothi

speciesAmerila rothi

Amerila howardi

speciesAmerila howardi

Amerila fuscivena

speciesAmerila fuscivena

Amerila fumida

speciesAmerila fumida

Amerila nigrivenosa

speciesAmerila nigrivenosa

Amerila rufifemur

speciesAmerila rufifemur

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