Epicopeia battaka explained

Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895. It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.^[1]

Subspecies

• Epicopeia battaka battaka (northern Sumatra)
• Epicopeia battaka dempona Kishida & Endo, 1999 (southern Sumatra)
• Epicopeia battaka malayana Kishida & Endo, 1999 (Peninsular Malaysia)

References

• Dohrn . H. . 1895 . Eine neue Epicopeia aus den Battakbergen Sumatras . Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung . de . 207 . 56 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Notes and References

1. Kishida, Y. & Endo, T. (1999). "Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50(1): 48-50.