Lichenopteryx despecta

Despised monkey
	Adult (top), larva (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Lichenopteryx
Species:	L. despecta
Binomial name
	Lichenopteryx despecta; C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874

Lichenopteryx despecta, the despised monkey,^[1] is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by father and son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1874.^[2] It is found in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Zanzibar in Tanzania.^[3]

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