Arctiini
(ermines and tigers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Arctia caja
Garden Tiger
(Click to open)Larva (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 28 images 1 ident. refs
Arctia villica
Cream-spot Tigers
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 5 images
Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger
(Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 24 images 1 ident. refs
Diaphora mendica
Muslin Moth
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 2 images
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Ruby Tiger
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 5 images
Spilosoma
ermine moths
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 46 images
Tyria jacobaeae
Cinnabar
(Click to open)
 		Species 25 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeArctiini (ermines and tigers)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Arctiini (ermines and tigers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arctiini (ermines and tigers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 39 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arctiini (ermines and tigers)
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