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Checklist for Family Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 (Burnet Forester)
and region South Asia (Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
816
19624
105366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
812
19606
105335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
775
19334
104374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
470
14136
82559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
88
4998
20273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
87
4992
20262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
84
4970
20047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
39
1427
5803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
8
161
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths
5
117
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyZygaenidae
Latreille, 1809
Burnet Forester, Burnet Moths, Burnets, Forester moths
52
137
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Asia
52 Genera with 137 Species
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Achelura Kirby, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Adscita Retzius, 1758Forester species1SpeciesTaxom
Agalope Walker, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Alophogaster Hampson, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Amesia Duncan, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Arachotia Moore, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Arbudas Moore, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Artona Walker, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Balataea Walker, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Cadphises Moore, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Callizygaena Felder, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Campylotes Westwood, 18905SpeciesTaxom
Cerodendra Tremewan, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Chalcophaedra Jordan, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Chalcosia Hübner, 18549SpeciesTaxom
Chalcosiopsis Swinhoe, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Chrysartona Swinhoe, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Clelea Walker, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Corma Walker, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Cyanidia Jordan, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosia Hübner, 17736SpeciesTaxom
Elcysma Butler, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Epizygaenella Tremewan & P..., 18441SpeciesTaxom
Epyrgis Herrich-Scha..., 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Erasmia Hope, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Eterusia Hope, 200324SpeciesTaxom
Eusphalera Jordan, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Gynautocera Guérin-Ménev..., 18311SpeciesTaxom
Herpa Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Heteropan Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Histia Hübner, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Laurion Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Lophosoma Swinhoe, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Milleria Herrich-Schä..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Milleriana Herrich-Schä..., 18912SpeciesTaxom
Neoherpa Tremewan, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Phacusa Walker, 18546SpeciesTaxom
Phauda Walker, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Philopator Moore, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Phlebohecta jordani# West, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Piarosoma Hampson, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Pidorus Walker, 19005SpeciesTaxom
Platyzygaena Swinhoe, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Praezygaena Alberti, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Procotes Butler, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Psaphis Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Retina Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Saliunca Walker, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Soritia Walker, 18446SpeciesTaxom
Thyrassia Butler, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Trypanophora Kollar, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Zygaena Fabricius, 1877Burnet10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Asia
137 Species and 3 Subspecies
Achelura bifasciata (Hope, 1841)⇒ Agalope javana Aurivillius, 1894
Adscita (Adscita) statices Linnaeus, 1758Forester
Agalope basalis (Walker, 1854)⇒ Agalope hyalina Kollar, 1844
Agalope glacialis Moore, 1872
Agalope hyalina Kollar, 1844
Agalope javana Aurivillius, 1894
Agalope primularis (Butler, 1895)⇒ Agalope hyalina Kollar, 1844
Alophogaster rubribasis Hampson, 1892
Amesia aliris Doubleday, 1847
Amesia sanguiflua Drury, 1773
Arachotia flaviplaga Moore, 1879
Arbudas bicolor Moore, 1879
Arbudas leno Swinhoe, 1900
Artona discivitta Walker, 1854
Artona quadrimaculata Moore, 1879
Artona walkeri Moore, 1859
Balataea hainana Butler, 1876
Balataea homotoma Swinhoe, 1892
Balataea zebraica Butler, 1876
Cadphises maculata Moore, 1865
Callizygaena albipuncta Hampson, 1900
Callizygaena auratus Cramer, 1779
Campylotes altissimus Elwes, 1890
Campylotes atkinsoni Moore, 1879
Campylotes desgodinsi Oberthür, 1884
Campylotes histrionicus (Westwood, 1839)⇒ Campylotes altissimus Elwes, 1890
Campylotes sikkimensis Elwes, 1890
Cerodendra quadripunctata Hampson, 1892
Chalcophaedra zuleika Doubleday, 1847
Chalcosia albata Moore, 1879
Chalcosia argentata Moore, 1879
Chalcosia diana Butler, 1877
Chalcosia pectinicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Chalcosia pretiosa Walker, 1862
Chalcosia pulchella (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Soritia pulchella Kollar, 1844
Chalcosia thibetana Oberthür, 1894
Chalcosia tiberina Cramer, 1775
Chalcosia venosa Walker, 1854
Chalcosiopsis variata Swinhoe, 1894
Chrysartona (Chrysartona) stipata Walker, 1854
Clelea discriminis Swinhoe, 1891
Clelea sapphirina Walker, 1854
Corma maculata Hampson, 1892
Cyanidia cyclosia Swinhoe, 1905
Cyclosia imitans Butler, 1881
Cyclosia latipennis Hampson, 1891
Cyclosia midama Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Cyclosia midamia Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Cyclosia panthona Stoll, 1781
Cyclosia papilionaris Drury, 1773
Elcysma ziroensis Chada, Gogoi..., 2017
Epizygaenella caschmirensis Kollar, 1844
Erasmia pulchella Hope, 1840
Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia cingala Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia dulcis Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia edocla Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia ferrea (Walker, 1854)⇒ Cyclosia papilionaris Drury, 1773
Eterusia formosana (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia taiwana Wileman, 1911
Eterusia ishigakiana Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia lepcha (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759
Eterusia magnifica (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia virescens Linnaeus, 1763
Eterusia micromaculata Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia okinawana (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759
Eterusia okinoshimensis Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia postlutea (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759
Eterusia raja Moore, 1859
Eterusia repleta Walker, 1864
Eterusia sakaguchii (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759
Eterusia sexpunctata Walker, 1854
Eterusia signata Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia sinica (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Eterusia aedea Clerck, 1759
Eterusia sugitanii Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia taiwana Wileman, 1911
Eterusia tricolor Hope, 1840
Eterusia virescens Linnaeus, 1763Red slug caterpillar
Eterusia vitessa S.H. Yen, 2003
Eusphalera chalcosia (Jordan, 1925)⇒ Eusphalera multicolor Jordan, 1925
Gynautocera papilionaria Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Herpa venosa Walker, 1854
Heteropan scintillans Walker, 1854
Histia flabellicornis Fabricius, 1775
Histia libelluloides Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Histia rhodope (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Histia flabellicornis Fabricius, 1775
Histia selene (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Histia flabellicornis Fabricius, 1775
Laurion metallica (Walker, 1854)⇒ Pidorus circe Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Lophosoma cuprea Walker, 1856
Milleria adalifa Strand, 1917
Milleriana dualis Hering, 1941
Milleriana hamiltoni Swinhoe, 1891
Neoherpa primulina Elwes, 1890
Neoherpa subhyalina Moore, 1879
Neoherpa venosa Walker, 1854
Phacusa crawfurdi Moore, 1859
Phacusa dolosa Walker, 1856
Phacusa khasiana Moore, 1879
Phacusa nicobarica Hampson, 1919
Phacusa properta Swinhoe, 1890
Phacusa tenebrosa Walker, 1854
Phauda flammans Walker, 1854
Phauda triadum Walker, 1854
Philopator rotunda Hampson, 1896
Phlebohecta lithosia Oberthür, 1923
Piarosoma arunachalensis Sondhi, Efet..., 2023
Pidorus albifascia Moore, 1879
Pidorus circe Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Pidorus gemina Walker, 1854
Pidorus glaucopis Drury, 1773
Pidorus leno Swinhoe, 1900
Platyzygaena moelleri Elwes, 1890
Praezygaena caschmirensis Kollar, 1844
Procotes diminuta Walker, 1854
Psaphis euschemoides Moore, 1865
Retina rubrivitta Walker, 1854
Saliunca homochroa Holland, 1897
Soritia bicolor Moore, 1884
Soritia circinata Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Soritia leptalina Kollar, 1844
Soritia octopunctata Möschler, 1872
Soritia pulchella Kollar, 1844
Soritia risa Doubleday, 1844
Thyrassia aurodisca Hampson, 1891
Thyrassia penangae Moore, 1859
Thyrassia subcordata Walker, 1854
Thyrassia virescens Hampson, 1892
Trypanophora semihyalina Kollar, 1844
Trypanophora taprobanes (Walker, 1854)⇒ Trypanophora trapobanes Walker, 1854
Trypanophora trapobanes Walker, 1854
Zygaena sarpedon tipula Marten, 1957
Zygaena (Zygaena) exulans Hohenwarth, 1792Mountain Burnet
Zygaena (Zygaena) filipendulae Linnaeus, 1758Six spot Burnet
Zygaena (Zygaena) lonicerae SCHEVEN, 1777Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
Zygaena (Zygaena) osterodensis Reiss, 1921Woodland Burnet
Zygaena (Zygaena) viciae Denis & Schi..., 1775New Forest Burnet
Zygaena afghana Moore, 1859
Zygaena afghana afghana
Zygaena mangeri (Moore, 1860)⇒ Zygaena afghana Moore, 1859
Zygaena niphona niphona Butler, 1877

Subnodes of Zygaenidae with occurrences in South Asia
SubfamilyCallizygaeninae
Epstein & al., 1998
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChalcosiinae
Walker, 1865
32
94
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhaudinae
Kirby, 1892
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProcridinae
Boisduval, 1828
Procridinids
14
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyZygaeninae
Latreille, 1809
Burnet Moths and Foresters
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Zygaenidae at artfakta.se
Zygaenidae at dyntaxa.se
Zygaenidae at gbif.org
Zygaenidae at irmng.org
Zygaenidae at itis.gov