''Carathis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moths Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...

in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. The genus was described by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...

in 1866.

Species

*'' Carathis alayorum'' Becker, 2011 *''

Carathis australis ''Carathis australis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's Li ...

'' Rothschild, 1909 *''

Carathis byblis ''Carathis byblis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica and Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is border ...

'' (Schaus, 1892) *''

Carathis gortynoides ''Carathis gortynoides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found on Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), ...

'' Grote,

866 __NOTOC__ Year 866 ( DCCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murdered by Basil the Macedonian at Miletu ...

/small> *''

Carathis palpalis ''Carathis palpalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found on Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after C ...

'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Carathis septentrionalis'' Becker, 2011

Former species

*''Carathis klagesi'', now '' Tessella klagesi'' (Rothschild, 1909)

References

*Becker, V. O. (2011)
"A review of the neotropical moth genus ''Carathis'' Grote (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)"
''Tropical Lepidoptera Research''. 21 (2): 95–97.

External links

* Phaegopterina Moth genera {{Phaegopterina-stub