Eyralpenus
Eyralpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Eyralpenus Butler, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Spilosoma testacea Walker, 1855 | |
Species
- Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
- Eyralpenus kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
- Eyralpenus postflavida (Rothschild, 1933)
- Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
- Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
- Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)
- Eyralpenus sublutea (Bartel, 1903)
- Eyralpenus testacea (Walker, 1855)
- Eyralpenus trifasciata (Holland, 1892)
Subgenus Pareyralpenus Dubatolov & Haynes, 2008
- Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
- Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903)
- Eyralpenus quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
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References
- Savela, Markku. "Eyralpenus Butler, 1875". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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- Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
- Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009-2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125-135.
- Dubatolov, V.V., & Haynes, P.G., 2008: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera. 1. New genera from the late Prof. V. S. Murzin's collection (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 356-366, 20 figs., pl. 15.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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