Cyana


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 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.

Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:
  1. Cyana aarviki Karisch, 2013
  2. Cyana aberrans Karisch, 2013
  3. Cyana abyssinica Karisch, 2003
  4. Cyana adelina
  5. Cyana adita
  6. Cyana africana
  7. Cyana alba
  8. Cyana alborosea
  9. Cyana alexi
  10. Cyana amabilis
  11. Cyana amatura
  12. Cyana andromeda
  13. Cyana arama
  14. Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003
  15. Cyana aroa
  16. Cyana arorai Volynkin et al., 2020
  17. Cyana asticta
  18. Cyana atlanteia N. Singh et al., 2020
  19. Cyana aurifinis
  20. Cyana aurorae Lourens, 2011
  21. Cyana barbora Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2020
  22. Cyana basialba
  23. Cyana basisticta
  24. Cyana bella Kishida, 1991
  25. Cyana bellissima
  26. Cyana bianca
  27. Cyana bicolor
  28. Cyana bigutta
  29. Cyana boetonensis
  30. Cyana britomartis N. Singh & Volynkin, 2020
  31. Cyana brunnea
  32. Cyana capensis
  33. Cyana cara Kishida, 1991
  34. Cyana carmina
  35. Cyana catorhoda Hampson, 1897
  36. Cyana cernyi Lourens, 2011
  37. Cyana charybdis
  38. Cyana chrysopeleia N. Singh et al., 2020
  39. Cyana coccinea
  40. Cyana conclusa
  41. Cyana consequenta Lourens, 2011
  42. Cyana cornutissima Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
  43. Cyana costifimbria
  44. Cyana crasizona
  45. Cyana croceizona
  46. Cyana curioi Lourens, 2011
  47. Cyana delicata
  48. Cyana determinata
  49. Cyana detoulgoeti Volynkin, 2020
  50. Cyana detrita Walker, 1854 - type species
  51. Cyana distincta
  52. Cyana divakara
  53. Cyana dohertyi
  54. Cyana dryope Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
  55. Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895
  56. Cyana effracta
  57. Cyana ellipsis Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
  58. Cyana ethiopica Karisch, 2013
  59. Cyana euryxantha
  60. Cyana exprimata Karisch, 2013
  61. Cyana fasciata Karisch, 2013
  62. Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
  63. Cyana formosana
  64. Cyana fossi Volynkin & Ivanova, 2021
  65. Cyana fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
  66. Cyana gabriellae
  67. Cyana gelida Walker, 1854
  68. Cyana geminipuncta
  69. Cyana gonypetes
  70. Cyana griseilinea
  71. Cyana hamata
  72. Cyana hecqi
  73. Cyana heidrunae
  74. Cyana horsfieldi Roepke, 1946
  75. Cyana ibabaoae Lourens, 2011
  76. Cyana ignifera Karisch, 2013
  77. Cyana inconclusa
  78. Cyana innocua Karisch, 2013
  79. Cyana interrogationis
  80. Cyana inusitata
  81. Cyana janinae Lourens, 2009
  82. Cyana katanga Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
  83. Cyana khasiana Hampson, 1897
  84. Cyana klausruedigerbecki
  85. Cyana klohsi Karisch, 2003
  86. Cyana lada Volynkin, Černý & Saldaitis, 2019
  87. Cyana leechi Volynkin, 2021
  88. Cyana libulae
  89. Cyana linatula
  90. Cyana lobata Karisch, 2013
  91. Cyana loloana
  92. Cyana luchoana
  93. Cyana lunulata Semper, 1899
  94. Cyana lutipes
  95. Cyana luzonica
  96. Cyana magnitrigutta Karisch, 2013
  97. Cyana malayensis
  98. Cyana margarethae
  99. Cyana marshalli
  100. Cyana melanoplagia
  101. Cyana metamelas
  102. Cyana meyi Karisch, 2013
  103. Cyana meyricki
  104. Cyana miles Butler, 1887
  105. Cyana molleri
  106. Cyana moupinensis
  107. Cyana natalensis Karisch, 2013
  108. Cyana nemasisha
  109. Cyana nigroplagata
  110. Cyana nussi Karisch, 2013
  111. Cyana nyasica
  112. Cyana obliquilineata
  113. Cyana obscura
  114. Cyana occidentalis Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
  115. Cyana ochrata Karisch, 2013
  116. Cyana owadai
  117. Cyana pallida Karisch, 2013
  118. Cyana pallidilinea
  119. Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
  120. Cyana pauliani
  121. Cyana pellucida
  122. Cyana peregrina
  123. Cyana perornata
  124. Cyana phycomata
  125. Cyana pratti
  126. Cyana pretoriae
  127. Cyana pudens
  128. Cyana puella
  129. Cyana punctistrigosa
  130. Cyana quadrinotata
  131. Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003
  132. Cyana rawlinsi Karisch, 2013
  133. Cyana balls
  134. Cyana rhodostriata
  135. Cyana rosabra
  136. Cyana rubrifasciata
  137. Cyana rubrifinis Lourens, 2011
  138. Cyana rubristriga
  139. Cyana rubritermina
  140. Cyana rubriterminalis
  141. Cyana rudloffi Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
  142. Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
  143. Cyana rufifrons
  144. Cyana ruwenzoriana
  145. Cyana rwandana Karisch, 2013
  146. Cyana saalmuelleri
  147. Cyana saulia
  148. Cyana schaeferi
  149. Cyana selangorica
  150. Cyana signa
  151. Cyana soror
  152. Cyana speideli Karisch, 2013
  153. Cyana squalida Karisch, 2013
  154. Cyana subalba
  155. Cyana sublutipes
  156. Cyana subornata
  157. Cyana suessmuthi Karisch, 2013
  158. Cyana tettigonioides
  159. Cyana thoracica
  160. Cyana titovi Volynkin, Černý & Ivanova, 2019
  161. Cyana togoana
  162. Cyana torrida
  163. Cyana transfasciata
  164. Cyana treadawayi
  165. Cyana trigona
  166. Cyana trigutta Walker, 1854
  167. Cyana tripuncta
  168. Cyana tripunctata Rothschild, 1936
  169. Cyana ueleana
  170. Cyana unipunctata
  171. Cyana usambara Karisch, 2013
  172. Cyana v-nigrum
  173. Cyana venusta Karisch, 2013
  174. Cyana vespertata
  175. Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897
  176. Cyana yao Volynkin & Lázló, 2020