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Cerynea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNoctuidae

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Cerynea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

==Etymology== Cerynea is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules performed the third labour (the capturing of the Cerynean Hind).

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