Epicopeia is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The species in this genus mimic butterflies of the agehana-group in the genus Papilio and Atrophaneura alcinous.

Epicopeia
Epicopeia hainesii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Epicopeia
Westwood, 1841[1]
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References

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  1. ^ Epicopeia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Inoue, H., 1978: Genus Epicopeia Westwood from Japan, Korea and Taiwan : Lepidoptera:Epicopeidae. Tyô to Ga 29 (2): 69-75. Abstract and full article: [1].
  • Kishida, Y. & T. Endo, 1999: Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(1): 48-50. Abstract and full article: [2]