Eyralpenus

Eyralpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.

Eyralpenus
Eyralpenus sublutea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Eyralpenus Butler, 1875
Type species
Spilosoma testacea Walker, 1855

Species

• Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
• Eyralpenus kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
• Eyralpenus postflavida (Rothschild, 1933)
• Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
  • Eyralpenus scioana intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Eyralpenus scioana paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)
• Eyralpenus sublutea (Bartel, 1903)
• Eyralpenus testacea (Walker, 1855)
• Eyralpenus trifasciata (Holland, 1892)

Subgenus Pareyralpenus Dubatolov & Haynes, 2008

• Eyralpenus diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
• Eyralpenus meinhofi (Bartel, 1903)
• Eyralpenus quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)

References

• Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285–301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
• Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009–2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125–135.
• Dubatolov, V.V., & Haynes, P.G., 2008: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera. 1. New genera from the late Prof. V. S. Murzin's collection (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 356–366, 20 figs., pl. 15.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.