Cerynea

Cerynea
Cerynea trogobasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Cerynea
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Phanaspa Walker, [1866]
  • Busmadis Walker, 1866

Cerynea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

Etymology

Cerynea is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules performed the third labour (the capturing of the Cerynean Hind).

Species

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cerynea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (March 5, 2020). "Cerynea Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Busmadis Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cerynea Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved November 21, 2019.