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Correbia lycoides
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Butterflies & moths

Correbia lycoides

Names

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Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCorrebia lycoides Walker, 1854

About this species

Correbia lycoides, the tiger bug mimic, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, the amazon biome from Guyana to southern Brazil and Peru and on Cuba and Jamaica.

Adults mimic certain wasps and heteropteran bugs. They are active during the day, but also fly at night.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusCorrebia

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1979First record
2020Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

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

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