Hypocrita celina

Boisduval, 1870

Hypocrita celina is a in the Erebidae, first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. The species is known only from Guatemala. As a member of the Arctiinae, it belongs to a group commonly known as tiger moths, though specific details about its remain undocumented in published sources.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Hypocrita celina: /ˌhɪpəˈkraɪtə ˈsɛlɪnə/

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Distribution

Guatemala

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Nomenclature

The specific epithet "celina" may derive from a personal name, though the etymology has not been formally documented. The was described in the same work (Boisduval, 1870) that treated numerous Neotropical Lepidoptera.

Taxonomic placement

The Hypocrita currently resides in the Arctiinae within Erebidae, following the major reclassification of tiger moth genera from the former . This placement reflects molecular and morphological studies of the group.