''Purius'' is a genus of

moths Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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'') ...

. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.

Species

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Purius pilumnia ''Purius pilumnia'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Stoll in 1780. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil. References

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Purius superpulverea ''Purius superpulverea'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Mexico and southern Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South C ...

'' (Dyar, 1925)

References

* Phaegopterina Moth genera {{Phaegopterina-stub