''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Description

Palpi slender and upturned. Antennae ciliated. Forewing of the male with a more or less strongly developed fringe of hair from the centre of costa on upperside and lobe on underside, which much distorts the sub-costal nervures. Vein 5 absent in male. Vein 6 usually absent in female. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwing with veins 3 and stalked. Vein 5 above angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 usually stalked. The pupae of this genus are typically attached to plant surfaces and surrounded by a characteristic trellis of hairs (see figure). Cocoon with spines

Species

The following are included in ''BioLib.cz'':BioLib.cz: genus ''Cyana'' Walker, 1854 (retrieved 4 September 2021)
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Cyana aarviki ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana aberrans ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana abyssinica ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana adelina ''Cyana adelina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Primorye), Korea and north-eastern China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC ...

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Cyana adita ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana africana ''Cyana africana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) ...

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Cyana alba ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

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Cyana alborosea ''Cyana alborosea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in China (Hong Kong), India (Sikkim, Assam), Bhutan, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: ...

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Cyana alexi ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

'' (Cerny, 1993) # '' Cyana amabilis'' (Moore, 1877) # '' Cyana amatura'' (Walker, 1863) # ''

Cyana andromeda ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana arama ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

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Cyana arenbergeri ''Cyana arenbergeri'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Timm Karisch in 2003. It is found in Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in ...

'' Karisch, 2003 # '' Cyana aroa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) # '' Cyana arorai'' Volynkin et al., 2020 # '' Cyana asticta'' (Hampson, 1909) # '' Cyana atlanteia'' N. Singh et al., 2020 # '' Cyana aurifinis'' (Cerny, 1993) # '' Cyana aurorae'' Lourens, 2011 # '' Cyana barbora'' Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2020 # '' Cyana basialba'' (Rothschild, 1913) # '' Cyana basisticta'' (Hampson, 1914) # '' Cyana bella'' Kishida, 1991 # ''

Cyana bellissima ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender a ...

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Cyana bianca ''Cyana bianca'' is a moth species in the subfamily Arctiinae and tribe Lithosiini. It is found from India to Indochina and consists of a species complex.Volynkin AV, Černý K, Ivanova MS (2018) A review of the ''Cyana bianca'' (Walker, 185 ...

'' (Walker, 1856)Singh N, Volynkin AV, Kirti JS, Datta HS, Ivanova, MS (2020) A review of the genus ''Cyana'' Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). ''Zootaxa'' 4738 (1): 1-93
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Cyana bicolor ''Cyana bicolor'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1913. It is found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independe ...

'' (Rothschild, 1913) # '' Cyana bigutta'' (Karisch, 2005) # ''

Cyana boetonensis ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

'' (Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920) # ''

Cyana britomartis ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' N. Singh & Volynkin, 2020 # '' Cyana brunnea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) # ''

Cyana capensis ''Cyana capensis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounde ...

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Cyana cara ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' Kishida, 1991 # ''

Cyana carmina ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

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Cyana catorhoda ''Cyana catorhoda'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found in Assam in India and in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions r ...

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Cyana cernyi ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' Lourens, 2011 # ''

Cyana charybdis ''Cyana charybdis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially ...

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Cyana chrysopeleia ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' N. Singh et al., 2020 # ''

Cyana coccinea ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

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Cyana conclusa ''Cyana conclusa'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully wit ...

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Cyana consequenta ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' Lourens, 2011 # ''

Cyana cornutissima ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' Volynkin & Lázló, 2020 # '' Cyana costifimbria'' (Walker, 1862) # ''

Cyana crasizona ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

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Cyana croceizona ''Cyana croceizona'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independ ...

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Cyana curioi ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender an ...

'' Lourens, 2011 # ''

Cyana delicata ''Cyana delicata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: Ré ...

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Cyana determinata ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

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Cyana detoulgoeti ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

'' Volynkin, 2020 # ''

Cyana detrita ''Cyana detrita'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. The male has a wingspan of 15 mm and the female's is 19 mm. Distribution It is distributed throughout the countries of India, Sri Lanka, Ch ...

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Cyana distincta ''Cyana'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854. Description Palpi slender ...

'' (Rothschild, 1912) # ''Cyana dohertyi'' (Elwes, 1890) # ''Cyana dryope'' Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020 # ''Cyana dudgeoni'' Hampson, 1895 # ''Cyana effracta'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana ellipsis'' Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010 # ''Cyana ethiopica'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana euryxantha'' (Hampson, 1914) # ''Cyana exprimata'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana fasciata'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana flammeostrigata'' Karisch, 2003 # ''Cyana formosana'' (Hampson, 1909) # ''Cyana fossi'' Volynkin & Ivanova, 2021 # ''Cyana fulvia'' Linnaeus, 1758 # ''Cyana gabriellae'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana gelida'' Walker, 1854 # ''Cyana geminipuncta'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana gonypetes'' (Prout, 1919) # ''Cyana hamata'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana hecqi'' (Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010) # ''Cyana heidrunae'' (Hoppe, 2004) # ''Cyana horsfieldi'' Roepke, 1946 # ''Cyana ibabaoae'' Lourens, 2011 # ''Cyana ignifera'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana inconclusa'' (Walker, 1862) # ''Cyana innocua'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana interrogationis'' (Poujade, 1886) # ''Cyana inusitata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) # ''Cyana janinae'' Lourens, 2009 # ''Cyana katanga'' Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010 # ''Cyana khasiana'' Hampson, 1897 # ''Cyana klausruedigerbecki'' (Karisch, 2005) # ''Cyana klohsi'' Karisch, 2003 # ''Cyana lada'' Volynkin, Černý & Saldaitis, 2019 # ''Cyana leechi'' Volynkin, 2021 # ''Cyana libulae'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana linatula'' (Swinhoe, 1891) # ''Cyana lobata'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana loloana'' (Strand, 1912) # ''Cyana luchoana'' (Karisch, 2003) # ''Cyana lunulata'' Semper, 1899 # ''Cyana lutipes'' (Hampson, 1900) # ''Cyana luzonica'' (Wileman & South) # ''Cyana magnitrigutta'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana malayensis'' (Hampson, 1914) # ''Cyana margarethae'' (Kiriakoff, 1958) # ''Cyana marshalli'' (Hampson, 1900) # ''Cyana metamelas'' (Hampson, 1914) # ''Cyana meyi'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana meyricki'' (Rothschild, 1901) # ''Cyana miles'' Butler, 1887 # ''Cyana molleri'' (Elwes, 1890) # ''Cyana moupinensis'' (Leech, 1899) # ''Cyana natalensis'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana nemasisha'' (Roesler, 1990) # ''Cyana nigroplagata'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) # ''Cyana nussi'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana nyasica'' (Hampson, 1918) # ''Cyana obliquilineata'' (Hampson, 1900) # ''Cyana obscura'' (Hampson, 1900) # ''Cyana occidentalis'' Volynkin & Lázló, 2020 # ''Cyana ochrata'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana owadai'' (Kishida, 1991) # ''Cyana pallida'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana pallidilinea'' (Karisch, 2003) # ''Cyana paramargarethae'' Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010 # ''Cyana pauliani'' (de Toulgoët, 1954) # ''Cyana pellucida'' (Rothschild, 1936) # ''Cyana peregrina'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana perornata'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana phycomata'' (Wileman & West, 1928) # ''Cyana pratti'' (Elwes, 1890) # ''Cyana pretoriae'' (Distant, 1897) # ''Cyana pudens'' (Walker, 1862) # ''Cyana puella'' (Drury, 1773) # ''Cyana punctistrigosa'' (Rothschild, 1913) # ''Cyana quadrinotata'' (Walker, 1869) # ''Cyana quentini'' Karisch, 2003 # ''Cyana rawlinsi'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana rejecta'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana rhodostriata'' (Hampson, 1914) # ''Cyana rosabra'' (Wileman, 1925) # ''Cyana rubrifasciata'' (Druce, 1883) # ''Cyana rubrifinis'' Lourens, 2011 # ''Cyana rubristriga'' (Holland, 1893) # ''Cyana rubritermina'' (Bethune-Baker, 1911) # ''Cyana rubriterminalis'' (Strand, 1912 – ''incertae sedis'') # ''Cyana rudloffi'' Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020 # ''Cyana rufeola'' Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010 # ''Cyana rufifrons'' (Rothschild, 1912) # ''Cyana ruwenzoriana'' (Karisch, 2003) # ''Cyana rwandana'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana saalmuelleri'' (Butler, 1882) # ''Cyana saulia'' (Swinhoe, 1901) # ''Cyana schaeferi'' (Gaede, 1924 – ''incertae sedis'') # ''Cyana selangorica'' (Hampson, 1903) # ''Cyana signa'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana soror'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana speideli'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana squalida'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana subalba'' (Wileman, 1910) # ''Cyana sublutipes'' (Kishida, 1991) # ''Cyana subornata'' (Walker, 1854) # ''Cyana suessmuthi'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana tettigonioides'' (Heylaerts, 1892) # ''Cyana thoracica'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901) # ''Cyana titovi'' Volynkin, Černý & Ivanova, 2019 # ''Cyana togoana'' (Strand, 1912) # ''Cyana torrida'' (Holland, 1893) # ''Cyana transfasciata'' (Rothschild, 1912) # ''Cyana treadawayi'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana trigona'' (Rothschild, 1903) # ''Cyana trigutta'' Walker, 1854 # ''Cyana tripuncta'' (de Toulgoet, 1980) # ''Cyana tripunctata'' Rothschild, 1936 # ''Cyana ueleana'' (Karisch, 2003) # ''Cyana unipunctata'' (Elwes, 1890) # ''Cyana usambara'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana v-nigrum'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana venusta'' Karisch, 2013 # ''Cyana vespertata'' (Cerny, 1993) # ''Cyana watsoni'' Hampson, 1897 # ''Cyana yao'' Volynkin & Lázló, 2020

References

* * 2001: ''The Moths of Borneo'' Part 7 ''Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae'' * , 1988: Three new species and some synonymic notes on the Arctiidae from Japan, Taiwan and Philippines. ''Tyô to Ga'' 39 (2): 99-118. Full article

* 2003: Beitrag zur kenntnis der gattung ''Cyana'' Walker, 1854 in Afrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 34 (1-2): 167–178. Abstract

* 2005: Eine neue Art aus der ''Cyana amatura'' (Walker, 1863) Artengruppe (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). ''Atalanta'' 36 (1-2): 169–171. * 2005: Eine neue ''Cyana''-Art aus Ostafrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). ''Atalanta'' 36 (3/4): 573–574. * , 2010: New species and subspecies of ''Cyana'' Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. ''Journal of Afrotropical Zoology'' 6: 117–127. * 2009: A new species of ''Cyana'' from Northern Luzon (Philippines) belonging to the ''lunulata'' group, with an analysis of differential features and evaluation of elements for group recognition (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', N.F. 30 (3): 147–160. * 2011: Six new Philippine species of the genus ''Cyana'' Walker, 1854 and a review of the ''geminipuncta''-group, with emphasis on endemic development lines on various islands (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', 32 (1-2): 69–96.

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