Lemyra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Lemyra
Subgenera: L. (Lemyra) – L. (Thyrgorina)
Ovierview of species

L. alikangensis – L. alleni – L. anormala – L. atrata – L. barliga – L. basirosea – L. bimaculata – L. biseriata – L. boghaika – L. bornemontana – L. burmanica – L. copiosa – L. costalis – L. costimacula – L. crama – L. cretata – L. crispens – L. dejongi – L. dendrovia – L. deumeri – L. diluta – L. elena – L. everetti – L. excelsa – L. eximia – L. extensa – L. fallaciosa – L. flammeola – L. flavalis – L. flaveola – L. floresina – L. gloria – L. hanoica – L. heringi – L. hyalina – L. imparilis – L. inaequalis – L. infernalis – L. jankowskii – L. jeremyi – L. jiangxiensis – L. kannegieteri – L. khasiana – L. kobesi – L. kodai – L. kuangtungensis – L. lutheri – L. maculifascia – L. malickyi – L. melanochroa – L. melanosoma – L. melli – L. miniatrata – L. minuta – L. moltrechti – L. multivittata – L. murzinorum – L. neglecta – L. neurica – L. nigrescens – L. nigricosta – L. nigrifrons – L. nocturna – L. obliquivitta – L. pectorale – L. phasma – L. philippinica – L. pilosa – L. pilosoides – L. praetexta – L. proteus – L. pseudoflammeoida – L. punctatostrigata – L. punctilinea – L. quadrisaccus – L. ramosula – L. rhodophila – L. rhodophiloides – L. rubidorsa – L. rubrocollaris – L. saccuens – L. sikkimensis – L. sincera – L. singularis – L. sordidescens – L. spilosomata – L. stigmata – L. subfascia – L. venosa – L. wernerthomasi – L. ypsilon – L. zhangmuna
Name

Lemyra Walker, 1856.

Type species: Lemyra extensa Walker, 1856
Synonyms

Carbisa Moore, 1879.
References

Černý, K. 2011a. A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines. Entomofauna N.F. 32(3): 29-92. full article (pdf).Reference page.
Černý, K. 2014. Ten new species of Lemyra Walker, 1856, Spilosoma Curtis, 1825 and Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 from South East Asia (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 35(1-2): 53-59. Reference page.
Cerny (Černý), K. & Pinratana, A. Bro., 2009: Moths of Thailand 6 (Arctiidae): 1–283, Bangkok.
Dubatolov, V.V., 2007: New tiger moth taxa from Eurasia. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Atalanta 38 (3-4): 351–359.[1]
Dubatolov, V.V., 2010: Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 1–106, Marktleuthen.
Fang, Ch., 1993: A study of the Chinese Lemyra Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Scientific Treatise on Systematic and Evolutionary Zoology 2: 173–191, Beijing (in Chinese).
Saldaitis, A., Volynkin, A.V. & Dubatolov, V.V. 2020. Lemyra persephone, a new autumnal species from Yunnan, southwestern China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4768(3): 446–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.12. Paywall. Reference page.
Saldaitis, A., Volynkin, A.V. & Dûda, J. 2018. Lemyra elena, a new species from Sichuan, south-western China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4418(2): 187–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.2.8. Reference page.
Thomas, W. 1990: Die Gattung Lemyra (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 11(supplement 9): 1-83. Reference page.
Tshistjakov, Y.A. & Y. Kashida, 1994: A new species of the genus Lemyra Walker, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from Russian Far East and Korea. Tyô to Ga 45 (3): 189–192. Full article: [2].

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.

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 barliga Thomas, 1990
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 diluta Thomas, 1990
Lemyra everetti (Rothschild, 1910)
Lemyra excelsa Thomas, 1990
Lemyra eximia (Swinhoe, 1891)
Lemyra fallaciosa (Matsumura, 1927)
Lemyra flammeola (Moore, 1877)
Lemyra flavalis (Moore, 1865)
Lemyra flaveola (Leech, 1899)
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 malickyi Černý, 2009
Lemyra melanochroa (Hampson, 1918)
Lemyra melanosoma (Hampson, 1894)
Lemyra melli (Daniel, 1943)
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 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.