Argina
# Argina

Argina is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. They are distributed throughout Africa, Mauritius, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, New Guinea and Australia.

## Description

Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of head with short third joint. Antennae ciliated in both sexes. Mid and hind tibia with minute terminal spur pairs. Hindwing of male with a fold on inner margin containing a glandular patch near the base, with a tuft of long hair beyond it. The anal angle produced to a point. Forewing with veins 3 to 5 from close to angle of cell. Vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7 and 10 from a long areole formed by the anastomosis of vein 8 and 9. Hindwing with veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. Vein 8 from middle of cell.

## Taxonomy

Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina (A. cribraria), Alytarchia (A. amanda, A. leonina), Mangina (M. argus, M. syringa, M. pulchra).

## Species

The genus includes the following species:

* Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
* Argina argus (Kollar, [1847])
* Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
* Argina leonina (Walker, [1865])
* Argina pantheraria (Felder, 1874)

## Former species

For Argina argus, the new genus Mangina Kaleka & Kirti, 2001 was described. This genus also contains (Dubatolov, 2010):

* Mangina syringa (Cramer, 1775)
* Mangina pulchra (C. Swinhoe, 1892)
