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Banana Stowaway
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Butterflies & moths

Banana Stowaway

Antichloris eriphia Fabricius, 1776

Names

EnglishBanana Stowaway
DutchBananenvlinder
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAntichloris eriphia Fabricius, 1776

About this species

Antichloris eriphia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. It is found in Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana and the Brazilian states of Pará and Rio de Janeiro. The moth has been recorded infrequently since 1985 in Great Britain, imported with bananas.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusAntichloris

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2017First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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