Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Erebinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Lyniodes Guenée, in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Type Species
Erebus endoleucus Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 521, by subsequent designation by Hampson (1913): 267.
= Agonista Rogenhofer, in Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875: pl. 113 (TS: Erebus endoleucus Guérin-Méneville, [1844]:
521).
= Agonista is an unnecessary objective replacement name for Lygniodes
Species/Subspecies
Lyniodes vampyrus Fabricius, 1794 (Noctua)
Type Locality
East Indies
= Lygniodes disparans Walker, 1858: 1817 (TL: Ceylon)
= Lygniodes reducens Walker, [1858] 1857: 1236 (TL: Ceylon)
= Lygniodes reducens var. e-antiqua Hampson, 189: 89 (TL: Nilgiri district)
Distribution
Specific Records
Nilgiris
States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats