Lemyra

Lemyra is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus contains many species from East and South Asia, Sundaland and Australia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Lemyra
Lemyra inaequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Lemyra Walker, 1856
Type species
Lemyra extensa Walker, 1856
Synonyms
Carbisa Moore, 1879 Thyrgorina Walker, [1865] 1864 Echlida Walker, 1865 Icambosida Walker, 1865 Thanatarctia Butler, 1877 Challa Moore, 1879 Xanthomaenas Roepke, 1940 Allochrista Roepke, 1946

Species

Subgenus Lemyra

• Lemyra extensa Walker, 1856
• Lemyra maculifascia (Walker, 1855)
• Lemyra philippinica Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra punctatostrigata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
• Lemyra quadrisaccus (Holloway, 1982)
• Lemyra venosa (Moore, 1879)

Subgenus Thyrgorina Walker, [1865]

• Lemyra alikangensis (Strand, 1915)
• Lemyra alleni Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra anormala (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra atrata Černý, 2014
• Lemyra barliga Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra basirosea Černý, 2014
• Lemyra bimaculata (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra biseriata (Moore, 1877)
• Lemyra boghaika Tshistjakov & Kishida, 1994
• Lemyra bornemontana Holloway, 1988
• Lemyra burmanica (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra copiosa Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra costalis (J.Singh & A.Singh, 1998)
• Lemyra costimacula (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra crama Černý, 2009
• Lemyra cretata Černý, 2009
• Lemyra dejongi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra dendrovia Černý, 2014
• Lemyra diluta Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra deumeri Černý, 2014
• Lemyra everetti (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra excelsa Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891)
• Lemyra extensa Walker, 1856
• Lemyra fallaciosa (Matsumura, 1927)
• Lemyra flammeola (Moore, 1877)
• Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra flaveola (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra floresina Černý, 2014
• Lemyra gloria Fang, 1993
• Lemyra hanoica (Daniel, 1953)
• Lemyra heringi (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra hyalina (Fang, 1990)
• Lemyra imparilis (Butler, 1877)
• Lemyra inaequalis (Butler, 1879)
• Lemyra infernalis (Butler, 1877)
• Lemyra jankowskii (Oberthür, 1881)
• Lemyra jeremyi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra jiangxiensis (Fang, 1990)
• Lemyra kannegieteri (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra khasiana Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra kobesi Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra kuangtungensis (Daniel, 1954)
• Lemyra lutheri Černý, 2014
• Lemyra malickyi Černý, 2009
• Lemyra melanochroa (Hampson, 1918)
• Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
• Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra miniatrata Černý, 2014
• Lemyra minuta Černý, 2009
• Lemyra moltrechti (Miyake, 1909)
• Lemyra multivittata (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra murzinorum Dubatolov, 2007
• Lemyra neglecta (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra neurica (Hampson, 1911)
• Lemyra nigrescens (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra nigricosta Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra nigrifrons (Walker, 1865)
• Lemyra nocturna Thomas, 1990
• Lemyra obliquivitta (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra pectorale Černý, 2009
• Lemyra phasma (Leech, 1899)
• Lemyra pilosa (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra pilosoides (Daniel, 1943)
• Lemyra praetexta Černý, 2011
• Lemyra proteus (de Joannis, 1928)
• Lemyra pseudoflammeoida (Fang, 1983)
• Lemyra punctilinea (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra ramosula Černý, 2014
• Lemyra rhodophila (Walker, 1864)
• Lemyra rhodophiloides (Hampson, 1909)
• Lemyra rubidorsa (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra rubrocollaris Reich, 1937
• Lemyra sikkimensis (Moore, 1879)
• Lemyra sincera Fang, 1993
• Lemyra singularis (Roepke, 1940)
• Lemyra sordidescens (Hampson, 1901)
• Lemyra spilosomata (Walker, [1865] 1864)
• Lemyra stigmata (Moore, 1865)
• Lemyra subfascia (Walker, 1855)
• Lemyra toxopei (Roepke, 1946)
• Lemyra wernerthomasi Inoue, 1992 [1993]
• Lemyra ypsilon (Rothschild, 1910)
• Lemyra zhangmuna (Fang, 1982)

References

• Thomas, W., 1990: Die Gattung Lemyra (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins, Apollo. Supplementum 9: 1-83, Frankfurt am Main.
• Dubatolov, V.V. (May 12, 2005). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of China". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
• Dubatolov, V.V. (November 1, 2012). "Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Oriental Region, Australia and Oceania". Siberian Zoological Museum. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.