Lemyra

Lemyra
Lemyra inaequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Lemyra F. Walker, 1856
Type species
Lemyra extensa F. Walker, 1856
Synonyms
Carbisa Moore, 1879 Thyrgorina F. Walker, [1865] 1864 Echlida F. Walker, 1865 Icambosida F. Walker, 1865 Thanatarctia Butler, 1877 Challa Moore, 1879 Xanthomaenas Roepke, 1940 Allochrista Roepke, 1946

Lemyra is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains many species from East and South Asia, Sundaland and Australia.

Species

Subgenus Lemyra

• Lemyra extensa F. Walker, 1856
• Lemyra maculifascia (F. Walker, 1855)
• Lemyra philippinica Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra punctatostrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Lemyra quadrisaccus (Holloway, 1982)
• Lemyra venosa (Moore, 1879)

Subgenus Thyrgorina Walker, [1865]

• Lemyra alikangensis (Strand, 1915)
• Lemyra alleni Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra anormala (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra barliga Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra bimaculata (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra biseriata (Moore, 1877)
• Lemyra boghaika Tshistjakov et Kishida, 1994
• Lemyra bornemontana Holloway, 1988
• Lemyra burmanica (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra copiosa Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra costalis (J.Singh et A.Singh, 1998)
• Lemyra costimacula (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra crama Černý, 2009
• Lemyra cretata Černý, 2009
• Lemyra dejongi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra diluta Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra everetti (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra excelsa Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891)
• Lemyra fallaciosa (Matsumura, 1927)
• Lemyra flammeola (Moore, 1877)
• Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra flaveola (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra gloria Fang, 1993
• Lemyra hanoica (Daniel, 1953)
• Lemyra heringi (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra hyalina (Fang, 1990)
• Lemyra imparilis (Butler, 1877)
• Lemyra inaequalis (Butler, 1879)
• Lemyra infernalis (Butler, 1877)
• Lemyra jankowskii (Oberthür, 1881)
• Lemyra jeremyi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra jiangxiensis (Fang, 1990)
• Lemyra kannegieteri (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra khasiana Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra kobesi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra kuangtungensis (Daniel, 1954)
• Lemyra malickyi Černý, 2009
• Lemyra melanochroa (Hampson, 1918)
• Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
• Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra minuta Černý, 2009
• Lemyra moltrechti (Miyake, 1909)
• Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra murzinorum Dubatolov, 2007
• Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra neurica (Hampson, 1911)
• Lemyra nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra nigricosta Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra nigrifrons (Walker, 1865)
• Lemyra nocturna Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra obliquivitta (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra pectorale Černý, 2009
• Lemyra pilosa (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra pilosoides (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra phasma (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra praetexta Černý, 2011
• Lemyra pseudoflammeoida (Fang, 1983)
• Lemyra proteus (de Joannis, 1928)
• Lemyra punctilinea (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864)
• Lemyra rhodophiloides (Hampson, 1909)
• Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra rubrocollaris Reich, 1937
• Lemyra sikkimensis (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra sincera Fang, 1993
• Lemyra singularis (Roepke, 1940)
• Lemyra sordidescens (Hampson, 1901)
• Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, [1865] 1864)
• Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra subfascia (Walker, 1855)
• Lemyra toxopei (Roepke, 1946)
• Lemyra wernerthomasi Inoue, 1992 [1993]
• Lemyra ypsilon (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra zhangmuna (Fang, 1982)

References

• Thomas, W., 1990: Die Gattung Lemyra (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins, Apollo. Supplementum 9: 1-83, Frankfurt am Main.
• Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of China
• Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog