Cerynea

Cerynea
	Cerynea trogobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Cerynea; Walker, 1859
Synonyms
	Phanaspa Walker, [1866]; Busmadis Walker, 1866;

Cerynea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Etymology[]

Cerynea is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules performed the third labour (the capturing of the Cerynean Hind).

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cerynea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ Savela, Markku (March 5, 2020). "Cerynea Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Busmadis Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cerynea Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

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Cerynea

Cerynea trogobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Cerynea Walker, 1859
Synonyms
Phanaspa Walker, [1866] Busmadis Walker, 1866