Phaeochlaena hazara

Phaeochlaena hazara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Phaeochlaena
Species: P. hazara
Binomial name
Phaeochlaena hazara
(Butler, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Pericopis hazara Butler, 1871
  • Phaeochlaena heliconides Prout, 1918

Phaeochlaena hazara is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and French Guiana.

The species is part of the tiger stripe mimicry complex and mimics Ithomia iphianassa, Stalachtis calliope and Chetone histrio.

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