Amerila lupia — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Amerila

At a glance

Occurrence records44

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Amerila lupia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility44 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF44 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Amerila lupia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amerila lupia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs2

Marker genes1

Countries2

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P653 bp consensus3 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)1.7%

Haplotypes2

BINs2

Most divergent pair2.3%

Where individuals differ — all 16 variable positions, in barcode order

1Cvariable

24Avariable

70Cvariable

78Tvariable

84Avariable

198Cvariable

216Tvariable

309Tvariable

354Tvariable

420Tvariable

504Avariable

510Cvariable

543Avariable

600Cvariable

603Tvariable

642Cvariable

CTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGAATAGTTGGAACATCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGAGCTGAACTAGGAAATCCAGGATCATTA …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Amerila luteibarbasame genus3.1%Amerila roseomarsinatasame genus3.1%Amerila roseomarginatasame genus3.2%Amerila fenniasame genus3.5%Amerila albertisame genus3.5%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type44 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO72 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

25 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.