Ceryx (moth)

Ceryx
Ceryx anthraciformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Syntomini
Genus:	Ceryx Wallengren, 1863

Ceryx is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus was circumscribed in 2022 such that it only contains Afro-tropical species; many former Ceryx species were transferred to the then-revalidated Agaphthora . ^[2] These changes are not (yet) universally adopted ^[3] and the list of species below does not reflect them.

Species

• Ceryx aethalodes Wileman & West, 1928
• Ceryx affinis Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854
• Ceryx albipuncta Hampson, 1907
• Ceryx alenina Strand, 1912
• Ceryx ampla Walker, 1864
• Ceryx anthraciformis Wallengren, 1860
• Ceryx antiopa Kiriakoff, 1953
• Ceryx aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Ceryx barombina Gaede, 1926
• Ceryx basilewsky Kiriakoff, 1955
• Ceryx bernhardi Seitz
• Ceryx burgeffi Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx calcuni Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx carpentieri Dufrane, 1936
• Ceryx chea Druce, 1895
• Ceryx cherra Moore, 1879
• Ceryx ciprianii Berio, 1937
• Ceryx claremontii Heylaerts, 1890
• Ceryx crawshayi Hampson, 1901
• Ceryx cybelistes Holland, 1893
• Ceryx diptera Fabricius, 1775
• Ceryx elasson Holland, 1893
• Ceryx evar Pagenstecher, 1886
• Ceryx flava Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Ceryx flavigutta Hulstaert, 1924
• Ceryx flaviplagia Hampson, 1898
• Ceryx formicina Swinhoe, 1892
• Ceryx fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
• Ceryx giloloensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx ginorea Swinhoe, 1894
• Ceryx guttulosa Walker, 1864
• Ceryx hageni Snellen, 1895
• Ceryx helodiaphana Roepke, 1937
• Ceryx hilda Ehrmann, 1894
• Ceryx homoeochroma Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx hyalina Moore, 1879
• Ceryx infranigra (Strand, 1912)
• Ceryx javanica Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx joltrandi Dufrane, 1936
• Ceryx keiensis Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx kuehni Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx lamottei Kiriakoff, 1963
• Ceryx longipes Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Ceryx macgregori Schultze, 1900
• Ceryx mirabilis Smetacek, 2010
• Ceryx morobeensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx nacliodes Hampson, 1914
• Ceryx pleurasticta Hampson, 1901
• Ceryx pleurostictoides Strand, 1915
• Ceryx pseudovigorsi Nieuwenhuis, 1946
• Ceryx puncta Druce, 1898
• Ceryx resecta Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Ceryx riouensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx salutator Kiriakoff, 1965
• Ceryx sambavana Hampson
• Ceryx semicincta Hampson, 1895
• Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
• Ceryx sphenodes Meyrick, 1886
• Ceryx sumatrensis Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx swinhoei Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Ceryx toxopeusi Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx toxotes Hampson, 1898
• Ceryx vespella Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx xuthosphendona Wileman & West, 1928

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Ceryx Wallengren, 1863". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
2. de Freina, Josef J. & De Prins, W. (2022). "Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengern, 1863, Trichaea Swinoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomiini)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 132 (2): 89–104 [91].
3. "Ceryx Wallengren, 1863". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

• Smetacek, Peter (2010). "A new species of Ceryx Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) from the Kumaon Himalaya, India". Zoos' Print Journal. 2 (5): 894–895.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.