Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Arctiinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Syntomini

Genus

Amata Fabricius, 1807

Type Species

Zygaena passalis Fabricius, 1781

= Glaucopis Hübner, [1806] (TS: Sphinx phegea Linnaeus, 1758)
= Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808 (TS: Sphinx phegea Linnaeus, 1758)
= Hydrusa Walker, 1854 (TS: Euchromia bicolor Walker, 1854)
= Asinusca Wallengren, 1862 (TS: Asinutea atricornis Wallengren, 1863)
= Buthysia Wallengren, 1863 (TS: Buthysia sangaris Wallengren, 1863)

Species/Subspecies

Amata passalis Fabricius, 1781

Type Locality

Hab. ‘ India,’ type montana (Eliott); Assam; Calcutta, Moore Coll.; Bangalore (E. Y. Watson); Combatore (Walhouse); Ceylon (Templeton, G. Lewis)

= Zygaena cerbera Sulzer, 1776 (preocc. Sphinx cerbera Linnaeus, 1764)
= Sphinx creusa Cramer, [1779]
= Syntomis latreillei Boisduval, 1829
= Syntomis montana Butler, 1876 (TL: Hab. ‘ India,’ type montana (Eliott); Assam; Calcutta, Moore Coll.; Bangalore (E. Y. Watson); Coimbatore (Walhouse); Ceylon (Templeton, G. Lewis))

Distribution

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Throughout India

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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