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

Genus:
Aphypena Swinhoe, 1901 . Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8 : 21.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CATOCALINAE

Type-species:
Nypena dissimulans Hampson, 1898. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 707.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
Holotype - female INDIA: [Assam], Khasis, (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Poole (1989) included only 1 species in the genus APHYPENA

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