Hypopyra capensis

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Red-tail (Hypopyra capensis) male Nyamebe Bepo.jpg

| image_caption = male in Ghana

| genus = Hypopyra

| species = capensis

| authority = Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

| synonyms =

• Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)
• Enmonodia endoxantha Hampson, 1913
• Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Enmonodia hampsoni Aurivillius, 1925
• Hypopyra lunifera (Aurivillius, 1925)
• Hypopyra occidentalis (Hampson, 1913)
• Enmonodia occidentalis Hampson, 1913
• Hypopyra plumbefusa (Hampson, 1913)
• Enmonodia plumbefusa Hampson, 1913
• Hypopyra pulverulenta (Hampson, 1913)
• Enmonodia pulverulenta Hampson, 1913

}}

Hypopyra capensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86002345 |title=Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schaffer 1854 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324162247/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86002345 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. {{ISBN|978-0-916846-45-9}}. This moth species is commonly found in Africa, ranging from Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zaire, Eswatini to Zambia.

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