Cerynea

Cerynea
Cerynea trogobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cerynea
Walker, 1859

Cerynea is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Etymology

Cerynea is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules displayed the 3rd labour (the Capturing of the Cerynean Hind).

Species

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