Prometheus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Prometheus
Hübner, 1824

Prometheus is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1824

Taxonomy

Prometheus contains the following species:[1] [2]

  • Prometheus annae (Bierdemann, 1935)
  • Prometheus cochrus (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Prometheus cononia (Westwood, 1877) [see Castnia mars Druce, 1883 (?)]
  • Prometheus ecuadoria (Westwood, 1877)
  • Prometheus heliconioides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])
  • Prometheus mimica (R. Felder, 1874)
  • Prometheus personata (Walker, [1865])
  • Prometheus polymorpha (Miller, 2008)
  • Prometheus simulans (Boisduval, [1875])
  • Prometheus zagraea (R. Felder, 1874)

References

  1. "Genus Prometheus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. de Souza Moraes, S.; Duarte, M. (2014). "Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (2): 362–399. doi:10.1111/zoj.12102.


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