Bucaea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus:
Species: B. fumipennis – B. simplex

Bucaea Walker, 1866

Type species: Savara simplex Walker, 1865, by monotypy.

• Savara Walker, 1865: 320 (nec Savara Walker, 1862, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 184 (Noctuidae)).
  • Type species: Savara simplex Walker, 1865.
• Bucaea Walker, 1866: 1983. (Replacement name for preoccupied Savara Walker, 1865).
• Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005: 307. (Junior synonym of Bucaea Walker, 1866 in Dubatolov, 2007: 214.
  • Type species: Phragmatobia fumipennis Hampson, 1891, by original designation [and monotypy).

• Dubatolov, V.V. 2007. The systematic position of the genera Bucaea Walker, 1866 and Tamilarctia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2005. Atalanta 38(1/2): 213–216 (colour pl.10). PDF Reference page. 
• Dubatolov, V.V. & Kishida, Y. 2005. New genera of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from South and East Asia. Tinea 18(4): 307–314. PDF Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1865. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI. Supplement.--Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–321. BHL Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1866. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXXV – Supplement (Part 5). British Museum (Natural History), London. 1534–2040. BHL Reference page. 

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