What is Abraxas (moth)?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Abraxas'' | image = Abraxas illuminata.jpg | image_width = 300px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Geometridae]] | subfamilia = | genus = '''''Abraxas''''' }} '''''Abraxas''''' is a [[genus]] of [[moth]] in the family [[Geometridae]]. They are called the 'magpie moths'.<ref> Hampson G.F. 1895. ''The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Moths''. Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.</ref> Most of these moths have been given different names at different times. ''Abraxus'' was the name chosen by [[Linnaeus]], and used today. It was first used by Leach in 1815. ==References== {{reflist}} * [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/abraxas/index.html ''Abraxas'' at funet.fi] {{wikispecies|Abraxas}} {{commons}} {{taxonbar|from=Q2056201}} {{authority control}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Geometridae]]