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Genus of moths
Erebus
Erebus macrops
Erebus ephesperis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Tribe:
Erebini
Genus:
Erebus
Latreille , 1810
[1]
Synonyms
Argiva Hubner, 1823
Bocana Walker, 1865 (preocc. Walker, [1859] )
Byas Billberg, 1820
Cariona Swinhoe, 1918
Coria Walker, 1866
Crishna Kirby, 1897
Eupatula Ragonot, 1894
Nyctipao Hubner, 1823
Patula Guenée, 1852 (preocc. Held, 1837 )
Erebus is a
genus of
moths in the family
Erebidae .
Taxonomy
The genus is the
type genus of the tribe
Erebini , subfamily
Erebinae , and family
Erebidae .
Description
Differs from
Speiredonia in the mid and hind tibia being spined and almost naked. Forewings are broad.
[2]
Species
Erebus acrotaenia (Felder, 1861)
Erebus acuta (Fawcett, 1917)
Erebus aerosa (Swinhoe, 1900)
Erebus albiangulata (A. E. Prout, 1924)
Erebus albicinctus (Kollar, 1844) (syn: Erebus obscurata (Wileman, 1923) , Erebus rivularis Westwood, 1848 )
Erebus atavistis (Hampson 1913)
Erebus candidii (Strand 1920)
Erebus caprimulgus (Fabricius, 1775)
Erebus clavifera (Hampson, 1913)
Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (syn:
Erebus obscura (Bethune-Baker, 1906) )
Erebus cyclops (Felder, 1861)
Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)
Erebus felderi (A. E. Prout, 1922) (syn: Erebus seistosticha (A. E. Prout, 1926) )
Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852)
Erebus glaucopis (Walker, 1858) (syn: Erebus prunosa (Moore, 1883) )
Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773) (syn: Erebus celebensis (Hopffer, 1874) , Erebus hermonia (Cramer, 1777) , Erebus lunaris (Walker, 1864) , Erebus mygdonia (Cramer, 1777) , Erebus tenebrata (L. B. Prout, 1919) , Erebus ulula (Fabricius, 1775) )
Erebus illodes (Zerny, 1916)
Erebus intermedia (Pagenstecher, 1900)
Erebus ipsa (Swinhoe, 1918)
Erebus jaintiana (Swinhoe, 1896)
Erebus lombokensis Swinhoe, 1915
Erebus macfarlanei (Butler, 1876)
Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)
Erebus maurus (Gaede, 1917)
Erebus mirans A. E. Prout, 1932
Erebus nyctaculis (Snellen, 1880)
Erebus orcina (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
Erebus pilosa (Leech, 1900)
Erebus purpurata (Druce, 1888) (syn: Erebus aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908 )
Erebus strigipennis (Moore, 1883)
Erebus sumatrensis (Hampson, 1913)
Erebus sumbana (Swinhoe, 1918) (syn: Erebus ceramica (Swinhoe 1918) , Erebus luzonica (Swinhoe, 1918) )
Erebus superba (Swinhoe, 1908)
Erebus terminitincta (Gaede, 1938) (syn: Erebus variegata (Swinhoe, 1900) )
Erebus variegata (Butler, 1887)
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875) (syn: Erebus valceri (Hampson, 1913) )
Former species
References
External links
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