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Damias obliqua Rothschild & Jordan, 1901

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Damias obliqua Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
Name authority
Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Damias
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. superfamilyNoctuoidea Latreille, 1809
  8. familyErebidae Leach, 1815
  9. subfamilyArctiinae Leach, 1815
  10. tribeLithosiini Billberg, 1820
  11. genusDamias Boisduval, 1832
  12. speciesDamias obliqua Rothschild & Jordan, 1901

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Damias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Damias aurantiomarginata Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias bougainvillei Rothschild, 1905ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias caerulescens Butler, 1889ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias choiseuli Jordan, 1904ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias cupreonitens Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias fuliginosa Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias imitatrix Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias insignis Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias metallica Jordan, 1905ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias monoleuca Hampson, 1914ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias peramitatrix Rothschild, 1916ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Damias postnigra Rothschild, 1912ErebidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34388. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.