Epicopeiidae

Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are known as oriental swallowtail moths as they closely resemble some oriental swallowtail butterflies (e.g. red-bodied swallowtails). Epicopeiidae have highly varied structure in regards to body size and wing shape. Epicopeiidaen wing patterns are involved in complicated mimicry rings.

Epicopeiidae
Epicopeiidae in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Epicopeiidae Swinhoe, 1892
Synonyms
Schistomitrinae Inoue, 1982

Genera

• Amana Walker, 1855
• Burmeia Minet, 2002
• Chatamla Moore, 1881
• Deuveia Minet, 2002
• Epicopeia Westwood, 1841
• Nossa Kirby, 1892
• Mimaporia Wei & Yen, 2017
• Parabraxas Leech, 1897
• Psychostrophia Butler, 1877
• Schistomitra Butler, 1881

Former genera

• Epicopiopsis Grunberg, 1908

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database
• Tree of Life
• Minet, J. and M. J. Scoble. 1999. The drepanoid/geometroid assemblage. Pages 301-320 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
• Joël Minet (2002). "The Epicopeiidae: phylogeny and a redefinition, with the description of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Drepanoidea)" (PDF). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 38 (4): 463–487. doi:10.1080/00379271.2002.10697355. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

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