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Erebus ephesperis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1827. It is found in Asia, including India, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, China, Casas Altas, Singapore and Borneo.

Erebus ephesperis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Erebus
Species:	E. ephesperis
Binomial name
Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)[1]
Synonyms
Nyctipao ephesperis Hübner, 1827 Erebus laetitia (Butler, 1878) Erebus malanga Swinhoe, 1918 Erebus niasana Swinhoe, 1918

The wingspan is about 90 mm and the patterning is very obliterative, breaking the body outline with shadow like countershading.

Adults feed on fruit juice, including peach.

References

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External links

• Nature in Japan
• "The Larger Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) Of The Crocker Rangenational Park, Sabah: A Preliminary Checklist"
• Korea Biodiversity System^{[permanent dead link]}

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