Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Erebinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Achaea Hübner, [1823] 1816
Type Species
Phalaena melicerta Drury, [1773] 1770: 46, pl. 23, fig. 1, by subsequent designation by Moore ([1885] 1887): 163, but cited as ‘melicerte Drury’, an incorrect subsequent spelling
= Geria Walker, 1858: 1343 [key], 1366 (TS: Geria restituta Walker, 1858: 1366)
= Heliophisma Hampson, 1913: 461 (TS: Ophisma croceipennis Walker, 1858: 1377)
Species/Subspecies
Achaea mezentia Stoll, 1780 (Phalaena)
Type Locality
Cote de Coromandel [South India]
= Achaea reversa Walker, 1858: 1399 (TL: Ceylon)
= Sypna lugens Walker, 1865: 938 (TL: Ceylon)
Distribution
Specific Records
Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve
States/Union Territories
Kerala
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
South India, Western Ghats
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