Synonyma
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Ephesia Hübner, 1818
Mormonia Hübner, 1823
Hemigeometra Haworth, 1809
Lamprosia Hübner, 1821
Blepharidia Hübner, 1822
Astiotes Hübner, 1823
Corisce Hübner, 1823
Eucora Hübner, 1823
Eunetis Hübner, 1823
Blepharonia Hübner, 1825
Andrewsia Grote, 1882
Catabapta Hulst, 1884
Andreusia Hampson, 1913
Catocala (ex verbis Graecis kato 'post' + kalos 'pulcher ' ; Anglice underwing [ 1] ) est genus papilionum subfamiliae Catocalinarum familiae Noctuidarum , in Eurasia et America Septentrionali endemicum .
Plurimis speciebus sunt coloratissimae alae inferiores, plerumque aurantiae , rubrae , vel albae . Clarae animalium quiescentium alae posteriores in conspectu non sunt, ab obscuris alis anterioribus occultatae, sed papilionibus adiuvant in avibus aliisque praedatoribus eludendis si interdiu conturbantur (Stevens 2005).
Larvae plurimarum specierum foliis arborum et fruticum vescuntur .
Ob varietatem colorum et diversitatem specierum, Catocalae conlectoribus papilionum gratissimae sunt.
Catocala abacta Staudinger, 1900
Catocala abacta irana Brandt, 1938
Catocala abamita Bremer & Grey, 1853
Catocala abbreviatella Grote, 1872
Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Catocala actaea nigricans Mell, 1939
Catocala adultera Ménétriés, 1856
Catocala aenigma Sheljuzhko, 1943
Catocala aestimabilis Staudinger, 1892
Catocala afghana Swinhoe, 1885
Catocala agitatrix Graeser, 1888
Catocala agrippina Strecker, 1874
Catocala aholibah Strecker, 1874
Catocala alabamae Grote, 1875
Catocala allusa Hulst, 1884
Catocala amabilis Bang-Haas, 1907
Catocala amatrix Hübner, [1813]
Catocala amestris Strecker, 1874
Catocala amica Hübner, 1818
Catocala amnonfreidbergi Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala andromache H. Edwards , 1885
Catocala andromedae Guenée, 1852
Catocala angusi Grote, 1876
Catocala antinympha Hübner, [1823]
Catocala ariana Vartian, 1964
Catocala armandi Poujade, 1988
Catocala armandi shirozui Sugi, 1982
Catocala artobolevskiji Sheljuzhko, 1943
Catocala atocala Brou, 1985
Catocala badia Grote & Robinson, 1866
Catocala bella Butler, 1877
Catocala benjamini Brower, 1937
Catocala blandula Hulst, 1884
Catocala bokhaica Kononenko, 1979
Catocala brandti Hacker & Kaut, 1999
Catocala briseis Edwards, 1864
Catocala butleri Leech, 1900
Catocala caesia Hawks, 2010
Catocala californica Edwards, 1864
Catocala californiensis Brower, 1976
Catocala cara Guenée, 1852
Catocala carissima Hulst, 1880
Catocala catei Weisert, 1998
Catocala cerogama Guenée, 1852
Catocala charlottae Brou, 1988
Catocala chelidonia Grote, 1881
Catocala cleopatra Strecker, 1874
Catocala clintoni Grote, 1864
Catocala coccinata Grote, 1872
Catocala columbina Leech, 1900
Catocala columbina columbina Leech, 1900
Catocala columbina yoshihikoi Ishizuka, 2002
Catocala concumbens Walker, [1858]
Catocala conjuncta Esper, 1787
Catocala connexa Butler, 1881
Catocala connubialis Guenée, 1852
Catocala consors Smith, 1797
Catocala consors sorsconi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
Catocala contemnenda Staudinger, 1891
Catocala contorta Warren
Catocala conversa Esper, 1787
Catocala crataegi Saunders, 1876
Catocala danilovi Bang-Haas, 1927
Catocala deducta Eversmann, 1843
Catocala dejeani Mell, 1936
Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880
Catocala delilah Strecker, 1874
Catocala desdemona H. Edwards , 1882
Catocala desiderata Staudinger, 1888
Catocala detrita Warren, 1913
Catocala deuteronympha Staudinger, 1861
Catocala deuteronympha omphale Butler, 1881
Catocala deuteronympha tschiliensis Bang-Haas, 1927
Catocala dilecta Hübner, [1808]
Catocala disjuncta Geyer, [1828]
Catocala dissimilis Bremer, 1861
Catocala distorta Butler, 1889
Catocala diversa Geyer, [1826]
Catocala doerriesi Staudinger, 1888
Catocala dotatoides Poole, 1989
Catocala dula Bremer, 1861
Catocala dula carminea Mell, 1939
Catocala dulciola Grote, 1881
Catocala duplicata Butler, 1885
Catocala editarevayae Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala electa Vieweg, 1790
Catocala electa zalmunna Butler, 1877
Catocala electa tschiliensis Bang-Haas, 1927
Catocala electilis Walker, [1858]
Catocala ella Butler, 1877
Catocala elocata Esper, 1787
Catocala elocata locata Staudinger, [1892]
Catocala eminens Staudinger, 1892
Catocala epione Drury, [1773]
Catocala eutychea Treitschke, 1835
Catocala faustina Strecker, 1873
Catocala flavescens Hampson, 1894
Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872
Catocala florianii Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2008
Catocala formosana Okano, 1958
Catocala francisca H. Edwards , 1880
Catocala fraxini Linnaeus, 1758
Catocala fraxini jezoensis Matsumura, 1931
Catocala fraxini legionensis Gómez Bustillo & Vega Escandon, 1975
Catocala fraxini yuennanensis Mell, 1936
Catocala frederici Grote, 1872
Catocala fredi Bytinsky-Salz & Brandt, 1937
Catocala fugitiva Warren, 1914
Catocala fulminea Scopoli, 1763
Catocala fulminea chekiangensis Mell, 1933
Catocala fulminea fulminea Scopoli, 1763
Catocala fulminea xarippe Butler, 1877
Catocala fuscinupta Hampson, 1913
Catocala glauditta Schawerda, 1934
Catocala gracilis Edwards, 1864
Catocala grisatra Brower, 1936
Catocala grotiana Bailey, 1879
Catocala grynea Cramer, [1780]
Catocala habilis Grote, 1872
Catocala haitzi Bang-Haas, 1936
Catocala hariti Ishizuka & Ohshima, 2002
Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856
Catocala helena beicki Mell, 1936
Catocala helena kurenzovi Moltrecht, 1927
Catocala hermia H. Edwards , 1880
Catocala herodias Strecker, 1876
Catocala hippolyta Strecker, 1874
Catocala hoenei Mell, 1936
Catocala hymenaea [Schiffermüller], 1775
Catocala hymenoides Draeseke, 1927
Catocala hyperconnexa Sugi, 1965
Catocala ilia Cramer, [1776]
Catocala illecta Walker, [1858]
Catocala inconstans Butler, 1889
Catocala infasciata Mell, 1936
Catocala innubens Guenée, 1852
Catocala insolabilis Guenée, 1852
Catocala intacta Leech, 1889
Catocala intacta taiwana Sugi, 1965
Catocala invasa Leech, 1900
Catocala irene Behr, 1870
Catocala jair Strecker, 1897
Catocala jansseni Prout, 1924
Catocala jessica H. Edwards , 1877
Catocala johnsoniana Brower, 1976
Catocala jonasii Butler, 1877
Catocala judith – Strecker, 1874
Catocala juncta Staudinger, 1889
Catocala junctura Walker, [1858]
Catocala kasenko Ishizuka, 2007
Catocala koreana Staudinger, 1892
Catocala kotschubeyi Sheljuzhko, 1927
Catocala kuangtungensis Mell, 1931
Catocala kusnezovi Püngeler, 1914
Catocala lacrymosa Guenée, 1852
Catocala lara Bremer, 1861
Catocala lara pallidamajor Mell, 1939
Catocala laura Speidel, Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
Catocala largeteaui Oberthür, 1881
Catocala largeteaui yunnana Mell, 1936
Catocala leechi Hampson, 1913
Catocala lehmanni Speidel, Ivinskis & Saldaitis, 2008
Catocala lesbia Christoph, 1887
Catocala lesbia fittkaui Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala lesbia lesbia Christoph, 1887
Catocala lincolnana Brower, 1976
Catocala lineella Grote, 1872
Catocala longipalpis Mell, 1936
Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965
Syn. Catocala protonympha
Catocala luciana Strecker, 1874
Catocala luctuosa Hulst, 1884
Catocala lupina Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
Catocala lupina kastshenkoi Sheljuzhko, 1943
Catocala luscinia Brandt, 1938
Catocala macula Hampson, 1891
Catocala maculata Vincent, 1919
Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884
Catocala manitoba Beutenmüller, 1908
Catocala mariana Rambur, 1858
Catocala marmorata Edwards, 1864
Catocala martyrum Oberthür, 1881
Catocala mcdunnoughi Brower, 1937
Catocala meskei Grote, 1873
Catocala mesopotamica Kusnezov, 1903
Catocala messalina Guenée, 1852
Catocala micronympha Guenée, 1852
Catocala minuta Edwards, 1864
Catocala mira Grote, 1876
Catocala miranda H. Edwards , 1881
Catocala mirifica Butler, 1877
Catocala moltrechti Bang-Haas, 1927
Catocala muliercula Guenée, 1852
Catocala musmi Hampson, 1913
Catocala naganoi Sugi, 1982
Catocala nagioides Wileman, 1924
Catocala naumanni Sviridov, 1996
Catocala nebulosa Edwards, 1864
Catocala neglecta Staudinger, 1888
Catocala neogama Smith, 1797
Catocala neonympha Esper, 1805
Catocala neonympha osthelderensis Hacker, 1990
Catocala neonympha variegata Warren, 1913
Catocala nivea Butler, 1877
Catocala nivea asahinaorum Owada, 1986
Catocala nivea krosawai Owada, 1986
Catocala nubila Butler, 1881
Catocala nupta Linnaeus, 1767
Catocala nupta alticola Mell, 1942
Catocala nupta centralasiae Kusnezov, 1903
Catocala nupta clara Osthelder, 1933
Catocala nupta concubia Walker, [1858]
Catocala nupta japonica Mell, 1936
Catocala nupta kansuensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927
Catocala nupta japonica Mell, 1936
Catocala nupta nozawae Matsumura, 1911
Catocala nupta nuptialis Staudinger, 1901
Catocala nupta obscurata Oberthür, 1880
Catocala nuptialis Walker, [1858]
Catocala nymphaea Esper, 1787
Catocala nymphaeoides Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Catocala nymphagoga Esper, 1787
Catocala oberthueri Austaut, 1879
Catocala obscena Alphéraky, 1879
Catocala obscura Strecker, 1873
Catocala olgaorlovae Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala olgaorlovae duschara Lewandowski & Tober, 2008
Catocala olgaorlovae olgaorlovae Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala ophelia H. Edwards , 1880
Catocala optata Godart, 1824
Catocala optata atlantica Le Cerf, 1932
Catocala optima Staudinger, 1888
Catocala orba Kuznezov, 1903
Catocala orientalis Staudinger, 1877
Catocala oshimai Ishizuka, 2001
Catocala pacta Linnaeus, 1758
Catocala pacta deserta Kozhantschikov, 1925
Catocala paki Kishida, 1981
Catocala palaeogama Guenée, 1852
Catocala parta Guenée, 1852
Catocala patala Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Catocala patala patala
Catocala patala volcanica
Catocala pataloides Mell, 1931
Catocala persimilis Warren, 1888
Catocala piatrix Grote, 1864
Catocala pirata Herz, 1904
Catocala praeclara Grote & Robinson, 1866
Catocala praegnax Walker, 1858
Catocala praegnax sakaii Kishida, 1981
Catocala pretiosa Lintner, 1876
Catocala prolifica Walker, 1857
Catocala promissa [Schiffermüller], 1775
Catocala proxeneta Alphéraky, 1895
Catocala proxeneta sutschana Sheljuzhko, 1943
Catocala puella Leech, 1889
Catocala puerpera Giorna, 1791
Catocala puerperoides Kravchenko et al., 2008
Catocala rama Moore, [1885]
Catocala relicta Walker, [1858]
Catocala remissa Staudinger, 1892
Catocala repudiata Staudinger, 1888
Catocala residua Grote, 1874
Catocala retecta Grote, 1872
Catocala retecta luctuosa Hulst, 1884
Catocala rhodosoma Röber, 1927
Catocala robinsoni Grote, 1872
Catocala sappho Strecker, 1874
Catocala seiohbo Ishizuka, 2002
Catocala semirelicta Grote, 1874
Catocala separans Leech, 1889
Catocala separata Freyer, 1846
Catocala serena Edwards, 1864
Catocala similis Edwards, 1864
Catocala solntsevi Sviridov, 1997
Catocala sordida Grote, 1877
Catocala sponsa Linnaeus, 1767
Catocala sponsalis Walker, 1858
Catocala streckeri Staudinger, 1888
Catocala subnata Grote, 1864
Catocala sultana A. Bang-Haas, 1910
Catocala szechuena Hampson, 1913
Catocala tapestrina Moore, 1882
Catocala tapestrina forresti Mell, 1939
Catocala texanae French, 1902
Catocala thomsoni Prout, 1924
Catocala timur Bang-Haas, 1907
Catocala tokui Sugi, 1976
Catocala triphaenoides Oberthür, 1881
Catocala ulalume Strecker, 1878
Catocala uljanae Sinyaev, Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2007
Catocala ultronia Hübner, 1823
Catocala umbrosa Brou, 2002
Catocala unijuga Walker, [1858]
Catocala verrilliana Grote, 1875
Catocala vestalis Boisduval, 1829
Catocala vidua Smith, 1797
Catocala violenta H. Edwards , 1880
Catocala viviannae Hacker & Kautt, 1996
?Catocala weigerti Hacker, 1999
Catocala whitneyi Dodge, 1874
Catocala wushensis Okano, 1964
Catocala xizangensis Chen, 1991
Hae species nuper factae sunt synonyma , et eorum binomina non iam valida sunt.
↑ Nonnulla genera arte cognata aliquando underwings appellantur.
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