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Cephalissa

genus of moth, endemic to New Zealand
Taxon taxon Q5063280
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Cephalissa

Summary

Cephalissa is a taxon[1]. Cephalissa ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cephalissa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cephalissa is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cephalissa belongs to the parent taxon Geometridae[5].
  • Cephalissa is endemic to New Zealand[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cephalissa is Cephalissa[7].
  • Cephalissa's Commons category is recorded as Cephalissa[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Cephalissa is Cephalissa siria[9].
  • Cephalissa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cephalissa[10].

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Classification

Cephalissa's scientific name is Cephalissa[7]. Cephalissa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cephalissa belongs to the parent taxon Geometridae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cephalissa is Cephalissa siria[9].

Distribution

Cephalissa is endemic to New Zealand[6].

Identifiers

Cephalissa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 375907[11]. Cephalissa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34426[12]. Cephalissa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1990119[13].

Why It Matters

Cephalissa ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Related Entities

New Zealand

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved . biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Monograph of New Zealand Geometrina. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 691614
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  2. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Geometridae
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