| Damias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Cisthenina |
| Genus: | Damias Boisduval, 1832 |
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Damias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. [1]
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
Eurema is a widespread genus of grass yellow butterflies in the family Pieridae.
Orgyia is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm.
Agrotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.
Proserpinus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the sphinx moths or hawk moths. Species of the genus are native to North America with the exception of P. proserpinus, which has a much larger range extending from Asia to Africa. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Chetone is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870.
Ctenucha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Euchromia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Speyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of Argynnis, but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
Scoliacma is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1886.
Hyalea is a genus of large moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Cocytia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Cocytia durvillii, an uncommon day-flying moth found in lowland areas of the Moluccas, Aru, and New Guinea. The species has clear wings bordered with black, with an orange patch at the base of each forewing and long antennae, thicker at the outer end. Both the genus and species were first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1828.
Phyllodes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Celerena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Eupyrrhoglossum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865.
Macroglossum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
Hippotion is a genus of sphinx moths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Zegris is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. This genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is characterized by the very strongly clubbed antennae and the bushy palpi, but especially by the shape of the larva and pupa and the manner of pupation.
Damias elegans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is found in Australia (Queensland), New Guinea and on Waigiou, Aru and the Trobriand Islands.
