Lyssa (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Laos brown butterfly.jpg

| image_caption = Lyssa zampa from Laos

| taxon = Lyssa

| authority = Hübner, 1823{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/uraniidae/uraniinae/lyssa/ |title=Lyssa Hübner, [1823] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 25, 2019}}

| synonyms =

  • Nyctalemon Dalman, 1825
  • Lyssidia Westwood, 1879

}}

Lyssa is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Distribution

The genus includes relatively large moths that are found in southern Asia and the Pacific region.

Species

:* Lyssa achillaria Hübner, 1816

:* Lyssa aruus (Felder, 1874)

:* Lyssa aurora (Salvin & Godman, 1877)

:* Lyssa curvata Skinner, 1903 (Vanuatu)

:* Lyssa fletcheri Regteren Altena, 1953

:* Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1857) (Australia)

:* Lyssa menoetius (Hopffer, 1856) (Borneo, Philippines, Sangir, Sulawesi)

:* Lyssa mutata Butler, 1887 (Solomons)

:* Lyssa patroclus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moluccas)

:* Lyssa patroclaria Hübner, 1816

:* Lyssa toxopeusi Regteren Altena, 1953

:* Lyssa velutinus Röber, 1927

:* Lyssa zampa (Butler, 1869) (Himalayas to southern China, Thailand, Andamans, Philippines, Sulawesi)

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