Erebus (moth)

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[edit]

The genus is the type genus of the tribe Erebini, subfamily Erebinae, and family Erebidae.

## Description[edit]

Differs from Speiredonia in the mid and hind tibia being spined and almost naked. Forewings are broad.[2]

## Species[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Erebus javanensis (Hampson, 1913)
* Erebus moriola (Swinhoe, 1918)
* Erebus orion (Hampson, 1913)
* Erebus oxodoxia (Swinhoe, 1918)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erebus Latrielle 1810". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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## External links[edit]

* Savela, Markku. "Erebus Latreille, 1810". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
* Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (in Swedish)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1366773
* Wikispecies: Erebus
* AFD: Erebus
* BioLib: 651635
* BOLD: 155901
* ButMoth: 10290.0
* CoL: 928DM
* EoL: 67895
* GBIF: 1766547
* iNaturalist: 120522
* ITIS: 189019
* LepIndex: 278297
* NCBI: 695565
* Plazi: B8A1C38D-7857-685C-C2A5-532C66B6F13F
* WoRMS: 582927
* ZooBank: 37259DAF-7755-4630-A353-A7725E879DCB

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