''Chamyna'' 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 ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of 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 erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1821.
Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms also gives ''Varia'' as a
species group
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
of ''
Calliteara
''Calliteara'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.
Species
*The ''pudibunda'' species group
**''Calliteara argentata'' (Butler, 1881)
**''Calliteara cerigoides'' (Walk ...
''
Butler, 1881.
Species
*''
Chamyna homalogramma''
Hampson, 1926
*''
Chamyna homichlodes''
Hübner, 1806
*''
Chamyna lamponia''
H. Druce, 1890
*''
Chamyna modesta''
Schaus, 1912
References
Calpinae
Noctuoidea genera
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