Eudryas

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Eudryas
Eudryas brevipennis brevipennis male.jpg
Eudryas brevipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Eudryas
Boisduval in Boisduval & Guenée, 1836
Species

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Synonyms

CyphocampaHarris, 1869
ParathisanotiaKiriakoff, 1977

Eudryas is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

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