{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{automatic taxobox |image=Pl.2-13-Alphaea florescens (Moore, 1879 (Nayaca).JPG | image_caption =Alphaea florescens | taxon = Alphaea | authority = Walker, 1855 | type_species = ''Alphaea fulvohirta'' | type_species_authority = Walker, 1855 | synonyms = *''Nyaca'' <small>Moore, 1879</small> *''Nayaca'' <small>Moore, 1879</small> }}
'''''Alphaea''''' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found on India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java only.
==Description== Palpi short and hairy, which extending beyond the frons. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings are rather long and narrow.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1894 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>
==Species==
=== Subgenus ''Alphaea sensu stricto'' === *''Alphaea anopunctata'' <small>(Oberthür, 1896)</small> *''Alphaea dellabrunai'' <small>Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008</small> *''Alphaea fulvohirta'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> *''Alphaea hongfena'' <small>Fang, 1983</small>
=== Subgenus ''Flavalphaea'' Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005 === *''Alphaea impleta'' <small>(Walker, [1865])</small> *''Alphaea khasiana'' <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small>
=== Subgenus ''Nayaca'' Moore, 1879 === *''Alphaea chiyo'' <small>Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005</small> *''Alphaea florescens'' <small>(Moore, 1879)</small> *''Alphaea imbuta'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> *''Alphaea rothschildi'' <small>Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005</small> *''Alphaea turatii'' <small>(Oberthür, 1911)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{aut|Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y.}}, 2005: Review of the genus ''Alphaea'' Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Tinea'' '''18''' (4): 241-252, Tokyo. * {{aut|Fang, Ch.}}, 1983: A new species of ''Alphaea'' from China (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' '''26''' (2): 216-217, Beijing (in Chinese). * {{aut|Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P. & Witt, T.}}, 2008: ''Alphaea dellabrunai'' sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from China. ''Acta Zoologica Lituanica'' '''18''' (3): 166-168, Vilnius. *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}} *{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/alphaea/ |title=''Alphaea'' Walker, 1855 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 12, 2019}}
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Category:Spilosomina Category:Noctuoidea genera
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