Array ( [0] => Assam [1] => Arunachal Pradesh [2] => Tripura [3] => Nagaland [4] => Jharkhand [5] => Bihar [6] => Karnataka [7] => Kerala [8] => Tamil Nadu )

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Erebinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Erebus Latreille, 1810

Type Species

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)

Species/Subspecies

Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827 (Nyctipao)

Type Locality

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)

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, North East, South India, Western Ghats