Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Panthea Hübner, 1820 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. : 203.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 2

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : PANTHEIDAE

Type-species:
Phalaena coenobita Esper , 1785 Die Schmett. 3 : 196, pl. 37, fig. 7. .

Type-species designation:
by monotypy

Type specimens:
Holotype - female, [GERMANY]: .

Notes:
Poole (1989) included PANTHEA in the subfamily PANTHEINAE, treated as a family by Kitching & Rawlins, in Kristensen (1999).

Poole (1989) included ELATINA Duponchel, 1845; AUDELA Walker, 1861; and PLATYCERURA Packard, 1864 as junior synonyms of PANTHEA Hübner, 1820.

Poole (1989) included 11 species in the genus PANTHEA Hübner, 1820.

Junior name(s):
Diphthera ; Hampson, 1913: 365.
Elatina Duponchel, 1845: 98.