Hyperchiria Explained

Hyperchiria is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Hyperchiria acuta (Conte, 1906)
• Hyperchiria acutapex Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria aniris (Jordan, 1910)
• Hyperchiria australoacuta Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria carabobensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria columbiana Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria cuscoincisoides Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria extremapex Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria guetemalensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria incisa Walker, 1855
• Hyperchiria incisoides Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria jinotegaensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria meridaensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria misionincisoides Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria nausica (Cramer, 1779)
• Hyperchiria nausioccidentalis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria orodina (Schaus, 1906)
• Hyperchiria plicata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1855)
• Hyperchiria sanjuensis Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Hyperchiria schmiti Meister & Storke, 2004

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rougerie . R. . Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists . amp . 2009 . Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World . Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.