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Erebus Latreille, 1810
Erebus Latreille, 1810; Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 365, TS: Phalaena crepuscularis Linnaeus
Byas Billberg, 1820
Nyctipao Hübner, [1823]
Argiva Hübner, [1823]
Patula Guenée, 1852; (preocc. Held, 1837)
Bocana Walker, [1865]; (preocc. Walker, [1859])
Coria Walker, 1866; (repl.)
Eupatula Ragonot, 1894; (repl.)
Crishna Kirby, 1897
Cariona Swinhoe, 1918
Nyctipaon ; Hübner, [1826], (missp.)
Erebus (Catocalinae) ; [AUCL]
Erebus (Calpinae) ; [NE10, 33]

[sp-1.jpg] 585x808 (~95Kb) A clearing in a broad-leafed forest on a hill within Daejeon City, S Korea, 29th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.


Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773)
Noctua hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Erebus caprimulgus (Fabricius, 1781)
Noctua caprimulgus Fabricius, 1781
Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)
Nyctipao ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852)
Nyctipao gemmans Guenée, 1852
Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)
Noctua macrops Linnaeus, 1768
Erebus leucotaenia (Guenée, 1852)
Ceram, ... Nyctipao leucotaenia Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3) : 184, TL: Java!?
Erebus macfarlanei (Butler, 1876)
Patula macfarlanei Butler, 1876
Patula moriola Swinhoe, 1918
Patula oxdoxia Swinhoe, 1918
Erebus macfarlanei, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
 Erebus macfarlanei ; [AUCL]
Erebus nyctaculis (Snellen, 1880)
Nyctipao nyctaculis Snellen, 1880
Nyctipao javanensis Hampson, 1913
Nyctipao philippinensis Gaede, 1938
Erebus nyctaculis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
 Erebus nyctaculis ; [AUCL]
Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaena crepuscularis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 509
Phalaena occidua Linnaeus, 1758
Nyctipao leucotaenia Guenée, 1852
Nyctipao dentifascia Walker, 1865
Nyctipao variegata Swinhoe, 1900; (preocc. Nyctipao Butler, 1887)
Nyctipao obscura Bethune-Baker, 1906
Nyctipao deochrata Strand, 1914; (infrasubsp.)
subobscura Rothschild, 1915
Erebus saparaea Swinhoe, 1918
Nyctipao albicrustata Prout, 1919
Erebus speciosus Hulstaert, 1923
Nyctipao meforensis Prout, 1924
Nyctipao phaea Turner, 1933
Nyctipao deochrata Gaede, 1938
Nyctipao subobscura Gaede, 1938
Erebus crepuscularis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
 Erebus crepuscularis ; [AUCL]
Erebus terminitincta (Gaede, 1938)
Nyctipao terminitincta Gaede, 1938
Nyctipao terminitincta Strand, 1914; (infrasubsp.)
Erebus terminitincta Fletcher, 1959; (preocc. Gaede, 1938)
Erebus terminitincta ; [AUCL]
Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
Patula walkeri Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 406
Erebus lombokensis Swinhoe, 1915
Lombok I. Erebus lombokensis Swinhoe, 1915; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93) : 179, TL: Lombok I.
Eupatula lombokensis ; [NHM]

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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[NE10]
Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Catocalinae & Plusiinae - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 10, 252pp
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

Some related literature:
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Septiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 3 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3) : 1-443, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Butler, 1875
On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Southern Africa, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16 (96) : 394-420
Latreille, 1810
Considérations générales sur l'orde naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes; avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 444pp
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Swinhoe, 1915
New Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93) : 170-186

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