Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Erebidae
Erebinae
Erebus Latreille, 1810
Phalaena crepuscularis Linnaeus, 1758: 509, by original designation on page 441)
= Byas Billberg, 1820: 85 (TS: Phalaena crepuscularis Linnaeus, 1758: 509
= Nyctipao Hübner, [1823] 1816: 272 (TS: Phalaena crepuscularis Linnaeus, 1758: 509)
= Argiva Hübner, [1823] 1816: 272 (TS: Phalaena hieroglyphica Drury, 1773: 3)
= Patula Guenée, in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852: 176 (TS: Phalaena macrops Linnaeus, 1768: 225). Patula is a junior homonym of Patula Held, 1837: 916 (Mollusca). The objective replacement name is Eupatula Ragonot.
= Bocana Walker, [1859] 1858: 57 (TS: Bocana lunaris Walker, [1865] 1864: 57). Bocana Walker, [1859] 1858: 57 is a junior homonym of Bocana Walker, [1859] 1858: 170. The objective replacement name is Coria Walker, 1866.
= Coria Walker, 1866: 1982 (TS: Bocana lunaris Walker, [1865] 1864: 57)
= Eupatula Ragonot, 1894: ccvii (TS: Phalaena macrops Linnaeus, 1768: 225)
= Crishna Kirby, 1897: 153 (TS: Phalaena macrops Linnaeus, 1768: 225; unnecessary objective replacement name
for Patula Guenée)
= Cariona Swinhoe, 1918: 83 (TS: Erebus albicinctus Kollar, [1844]: 474)
= Nyctipaon; Hübner [1826] 1816: 38 (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827 (Nyctipao)
not stated
= Phalaena crepuscularis Cramer, [1777] 1779: 159 (preocc.)
= Nyctipao laetitia Butler, 1879: 26 (TL: Japan, Hakodate, Yokohama)
= Erebus malanga Swinhoe, 1918: 85 (TL: Java)
= Erebus niasana Swinhoe, 1918: 85 (TL: Nias, Sitoli)
Distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, North East, South India, Western Ghats