Amaxia Walker, 1855

Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 176

Genus Amaxia Walker, 1855

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Amaxia Walker, 1855a: 721 .

Neaxia Hampson, 1901a : [VII], 2, 30. — Type species: Amaxia theon Druce, 1900 , by monotypy.

TYPE SPECIES. — Amaxia pardalis Walker, 1855 , by monotypy.

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FIG. 3. — A-H, dorsal views.A, Eupseudosoma nivea (Herrich-Schäffer,[1855]),syntype female,Brazil (MLUH);B, Nyearctia leucoptera (Hampson, 1920), holotype female, Guyana, Georgetown (BMNH); C, Symphlebia lophocampoides Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, lectotype female, Brazil (BMNH); D, Amaxia pardalis pardalis Walker, 1855, holotype male, Brazil, Tefé (BMNH); E, Pseudepimolis incisa (Rothschild, 1909) (holotype male of its synonym, Pseudepimolis marpessa (Druce, 1906), Peru, La Union (BMNH)); F, Eucyrta albicollis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, lectotype female, Brazil, Rio Amazonas (BMNH); G, Evius hippia (Stoll, [1790]) (holotype female of its synonym, Evius pyrostrota (Dognin, 1908), French Guiana, Saint Laurent du Maroni (USNM)); H, Demolis albicostata Hampson, 1901, syntype male, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.