Ceryx (moth)

Ceryx is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1863.^[1][2][3]

Ceryx
Ceryx anthraciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Syntomini
Genus:	Ceryx Wallengren, 1863

The genus was circumscribed in 2022 such that it only contains Afro-tropical species; many former Ceryx species were transferred to the then-revalidated Agaphthora.^[2] These changes are not (yet) universally adopted^[3] and the list of species below does not reflect them.

Species

• Ceryx aethalodes Wileman & West, 1928
• Ceryx affinis Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854
• Ceryx albipuncta Hampson, 1907
• Ceryx alenina Strand, 1912
• Ceryx ampla Walker, 1864
• Ceryx anthraciformis Wallengren, 1860
• Ceryx antiopa Kiriakoff, 1953
• Ceryx aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Ceryx barombina Gaede, 1926
• Ceryx basilewsky Kiriakoff, 1955
• Ceryx bernhardi Seitz
• Ceryx burgeffi Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx calcuni Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx carpentieri Dufrane, 1936
• Ceryx chea Druce, 1895
• Ceryx cherra Moore, 1879
• Ceryx ciprianii Berio, 1937
• Ceryx claremontii Heylaerts, 1890
• Ceryx crawshayi Hampson, 1901
• Ceryx cybelistes Holland, 1893
• Ceryx diptera Fabricius, 1775
• Ceryx elasson Holland, 1893
• Ceryx evar Pagenstecher, 1886
• Ceryx flava Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Ceryx flavigutta Hulstaert, 1924
• Ceryx flaviplagia Hampson, 1898
• Ceryx formicina Swinhoe, 1892
• Ceryx fulvescens (Walker, 1854)
• Ceryx giloloensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx ginorea Swinhoe, 1894
• Ceryx guttulosa Walker, 1864
• Ceryx hageni Snellen, 1895
• Ceryx helodiaphana Roepke, 1937
• Ceryx hilda Ehrmann, 1894
• Ceryx homoeochroma Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx hyalina Moore, 1879
• Ceryx infranigra (Strand, 1912)
• Ceryx javanica Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx joltrandi Dufrane, 1936
• Ceryx keiensis Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx kuehni Rothschild, 1910
• Ceryx lamottei Kiriakoff, 1963
• Ceryx longipes Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Ceryx macgregori Schultze, 1900
• Ceryx mirabilis Smetacek, 2010
• Ceryx morobeensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx nacliodes Hampson, 1914
• Ceryx pleurasticta Hampson, 1901
• Ceryx pleurostictoides Strand, 1915
• Ceryx pseudovigorsi Nieuwenhuis, 1946
• Ceryx puncta Druce, 1898
• Ceryx resecta Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Ceryx riouensis Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx salutator Kiriakoff, 1965
• Ceryx sambavana Hampson
• Ceryx semicincta Hampson, 1895
• Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
• Ceryx sphenodes Meyrick, 1886
• Ceryx sumatrensis Obraztsov, 1949
• Ceryx swinhoei Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Ceryx toxopeusi Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx toxotes Hampson, 1898
• Ceryx vespella Obraztsov, 1957
• Ceryx xuthosphendona Wileman & West, 1928