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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus Urotini
Genus: Eudaemonia
Species: E. argiphontes – E. argus – E. trogophylla
Name

Eudaemonia Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Bombyx argus Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms

Eustera Duncan & Westwood, 1841

Eudaemonia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to Sub-Saharan Africa and have remarkable, extremely elongated "tails" on the hindwings.
Species

The genus includes the following species:

Eudaemonia argiphontes Maassen, 1877
Eudaemonia argus (Fabricius, 1777)
Eudaemonia troglophylla Hampson, 1919

References

Eudaemonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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