Alpenus

Alpenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	AlpenusWalker, 1855
Type species
Alpenus aequalis Walker, 1855
Synonyms
EminariaBethune-Baker, 1908

Alpenus is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the Afrotropics.

Species

• Alpenus affiniola(Strand, 1919)
• Alpenus auriculatusWatson, 1989
• Alpenus diversatus(Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus dollmani(Hampson, 1920)
• Alpenus geminipuncta(Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus intactus(Hampson, 1916)
• Alpenus investigatorum(Karsch, 1898)
• Alpenus maculosus(Stoll in Cramer, 1781)
• Alpenus microstictus(Hampson, 1920)
• Alpenus nigropunctatus(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Alpenus pardalina(Rothschild, 1910)
• Alpenus schraderi(Rothschild, 1910)
  • Alpenus schraderi rattrayi(Rothschild, 1910)
• Alpenus thomasiWatson, 1989
• Alpenus whalleyiWatson, 1989
• Alpenus wichgrafiWatson, 1989

References

• Watson, A., 1988 [1989]: A review of Spilosoma-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica19: 251-291.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.