Erebus (moth)
| Erebus | |
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| Erebus macrops | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | 
| Family: | Erebidae | 
| Tribe: | Erebini | 
| Genus: |  Erebus Latreille, 1810[1]  | 
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Erebus is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Taxonomy
The genus is the type genus of the Erebini tribe, Erebinae subfamily, and Erebidae family.
Species
- Erebus acrotaenia (Felder, 1861)
 - Erebus acuta (Fawcett, 1917)
 - Erebus aerosa (Swinhoe, 1900)
 - Erebus albiangulata (A.E. Prout, 1924)
 - Erebus albicintus (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
- Erebus javanensis (Hampson, 1913)
 - Erebus moriola (Swinhoe, 1918)
 - Erebus orion (Hampson, 1913)
 - Erebus oxodoxia (Swinhoe, 1918)
 
Gallery
References
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