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Scarlet Tiger

Callimorpha dominula

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Erebidae

The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Subspecies Subspecies within this species include: Callimorpha dominula dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, western Russia and central Europe) Callimorpha dominula lusitanica Staudinger, 1894 (Portugal) Callimorpha dominula pompalis Nitsche, [1926] (valleys of the southern Alps) Callimorpha dominula persona (Hübner, 1790) (Italy…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 5,719Germany · 2,476France · 790Italy · 295Switzerland · 254Spain · 178Netherlands · 55Luxembourg · 44Belgium · 36