# Cocytia

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***Cocytia*** is a genus of [moths](/source/Moth) in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae).[1] It is [monotypic](/source/Monotypic), being represented by the single species, ***Cocytia durvillii***, an uncommon day-flying moth found in lowland areas of the [Moluccas](/source/Moluccas), [Aru](/source/Aru_Islands_Regency), and [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea). The species has clear wings bordered with black, with an orange patch at the base of each forewing and long antennae, thicker at the outer end. Both the genus and species were [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Jean Baptiste Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval) in 1828.[2][3][4]

## Subspecies

- *Cocytia durvillii aurantiaca* Rothschild, 1897 (Tenimber)
- *Cocytia durvillii chlorosoma* Butler, 1875 (Aru)
- *Cocytia durvillii durvillii* Boisduval, 1828 (Papua New Guinea)
- *Cocytia durvillii ribbei* Druce, 1884 (Aru)
- *Cocytia durvillii veitschi* Butler, 1884 (Batchian)

## References

1. Savela, Markku (July 24, 2019). ["*Cocytia* Boisduval, 1829"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/cocytia/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

1. De Vos, Rob & Zilli, Alberto. ["*Cocytia durvillii* Boisduval, 1828 | The Cocytiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia"](https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Erebinae/Cocytiini/Cocytia/Cocytia%20durvillii.htm). *Papua-Insects.nl*. Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. ["*Cocytia durvillii* Boisduval 1828"](http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86009836). *Home of Ichneumonoidea*. Taxapad. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160323020034/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86009836) March 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. ["Search results Family: Noctuidae"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. [Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum,_London)

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