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Thysania zenobia (Cramer, 1777)

Thysania zenobia Photo: Lenyn Betancourt.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Erebidae

Genus
Thysania

Species
zenobia

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Floreana, Santa Cruz (Roque-Albelo, 1999; Roque, 2006).

References

Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
Roque-Albelo, L. (1999) Two large tropical moths (Thysania zenobia (Noctuidae) and Cocutius antaeus (Sphingidae) colonize the Galapagos Islands. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 53(3): 129-130.
Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Thysania zenobia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7365. Accessed 31 October 2026.