# Cyana

Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

## Description

Palpi slender and upturned. Antennae ciliated. Forewing of the male with a more or less strongly developed fringe of hair from the centre of costa on upperside and lobe on underside, which much distorts the sub-costal nervures. Vein 5 absent in male. Vein 6 usually absent in female. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwing with veins 3 and stalked. Vein 5 above angle of cell and veins 6 and 7 usually stalked.
The pupae of this genus are typically attached to plant surfaces and surrounded by a characteristic trellis of hairs (see figure).

## Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:
* Cyana aarviki Karisch, 2013
* Cyana aberrans Karisch, 2013
* Cyana abyssinica Karisch, 2003
* Cyana adelina (Staudinger, 1887)
* Cyana adita (Moore, 1859)
* Cyana africana (Holland, 1893)
* Cyana alba (Moore, 1878)
* Cyana alborosea (Walker, 1865)
* Cyana alexi (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana amabilis (Moore, 1877)
* Cyana amatura (Walker, 1863)
* Cyana andromeda (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana arama (Moore, 1859)
* Cyana arenbergeri Karisch, 2003
* Cyana aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Cyana arorai Volynkin et al., 2020
* Cyana asticta (Hampson, 1909)
* Cyana atlanteia N. Singh et al., 2020
* Cyana aurifinis (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana aurorae Lourens, 2011
* Cyana barbora Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2020
* Cyana basialba (Rothschild, 1913)
* Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana bella Kishida, 1991
* Cyana bellissima (Moore, 1878)
* Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856)
* Cyana bicolor (Rothschild, 1913)
* Cyana bigutta (Karisch, 2005)
* Cyana boetonensis (Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920)
* Cyana britomartis N. Singh & Volynkin, 2020
* Cyana brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Cyana capensis (Hampson, 1903)
* Cyana cara Kishida, 1991
* Cyana carmina (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana catorhoda Hampson, 1897
* Cyana cernyi Lourens, 2011
* Cyana charybdis (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
* Cyana chrysopeleia N. Singh et al., 2020
* Cyana coccinea (Moore, 1878)
* Cyana conclusa (Walker, 1862)
* Cyana consequenta Lourens, 2011
* Cyana cornutissima Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
* Cyana costifimbria (Walker, 1862)
* Cyana crasizona (Wileman & West, 1928)
* Cyana croceizona (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana curioi Lourens, 2011
* Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana determinata (Walker, 1862)
* Cyana detoulgoeti Volynkin, 2020
* Cyana detrita Walker, 1854 - type species
* Cyana distincta (Rothschild, 1912)
* Cyana divakara (Moore, 1866)
* Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)
* Cyana dryope Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
* Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895
* Cyana effracta (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana ellipsis Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
* Cyana ethiopica Karisch, 2013
* Cyana euryxantha (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana exprimata Karisch, 2013
* Cyana fasciata Karisch, 2013
* Cyana flammeostrigata Karisch, 2003
* Cyana formosana (Hampson, 1909)
* Cyana fossi Volynkin & Ivanova, 2021
* Cyana fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
* Cyana gabriellae (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana gelida Walker, 1854
* Cyana geminipuncta (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana gonypetes (Prout, 1919)
* Cyana griseilinea (de Joannis Joannis, 1930)
* Cyana hamata (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana hecqi (Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010)
* Cyana heidrunae (Hoppe, 2004)
* Cyana horsfieldi Roepke, 1946
* Cyana ibabaoae Lourens, 2011
* Cyana ignifera Karisch, 2013
* Cyana inconclusa (Walker, 1862)
* Cyana innocua Karisch, 2013
* Cyana interrogationis (Poujade, 1886)
* Cyana inusitata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Cyana janinae Lourens, 2009
* Cyana katanga Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
* Cyana khasiana Hampson, 1897
* Cyana klausruedigerbecki (Karisch, 2005)
* Cyana klohsi Karisch, 2003
* Cyana lada Volynkin, Černý & Saldaitis, 2019
* Cyana leechi Volynkin, 2021
* Cyana libulae (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana linatula (Swinhoe, 1891)
* Cyana lobata Karisch, 2013
* Cyana loloana (Strand, 1912)
* Cyana luchoana (Karisch, 2003)
* Cyana lunulata Semper, 1899
* Cyana lutipes (Hampson, 1900)
* Cyana luzonica (Wileman & South)
* Cyana magnitrigutta Karisch, 2013
* Cyana malayensis (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana margarethae (Kiriakoff, 1958)
* Cyana marshalli (Hampson, 1900)
* Cyana melanoplagia (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana metamelas (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana meyi Karisch, 2013
* Cyana meyricki (Rothschild, 1901)
* Cyana miles Butler, 1887
* Cyana molleri (Elwes, 1890)
* Cyana moupinensis (Leech, 1899)
* Cyana natalensis Karisch, 2013
* Cyana nemasisha (Roesler, 1990)
* Cyana nigroplagata (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
* Cyana nussi Karisch, 2013
* Cyana nyasica (Hampson, 1918)
* Cyana obliquilineata (Hampson, 1900)
* Cyana obscura (Hampson, 1900)
* Cyana occidentalis Volynkin & Lázló, 2020
* Cyana ochrata Karisch, 2013
* Cyana owadai (Kishida, 1991)
* Cyana pallida Karisch, 2013
* Cyana pallidilinea (Karisch, 2003)
* Cyana paramargarethae Karisch & Dall'asta, 2010
* Cyana pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954)
* Cyana pellucida (Rothschild, 1936)
* Cyana peregrina (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana perornata (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana phycomata (Wileman & West, 1928)
* Cyana pratti (Elwes, 1890)
* Cyana pretoriae (Distant, 1897)
* Cyana pudens (Walker, 1862)
* Cyana puella (Drury, 1773)
* Cyana punctistrigosa (Rothschild, 1913)
* Cyana quadrinotata (Walker, 1869)
* Cyana quentini Karisch, 2003
* Cyana rawlinsi Karisch, 2013
* Cyana balls (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana rhodostriata (Hampson, 1914)
* Cyana rosabra (Wileman, 1925)
* Cyana rubrifasciata (Druce, 1883)
* Cyana rubrifinis Lourens, 2011
* Cyana rubristriga (Holland, 1893)
* Cyana rubritermina (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
* Cyana rubriterminalis (Strand, 1912 – incertae sedis)
* Cyana rudloffi Volynkin & N. Singh, 2020
* Cyana rufeola Karisch & Dall’Asta, 2010
* Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
* Cyana ruwenzoriana (Karisch, 2003)
* Cyana rwandana Karisch, 2013
* Cyana saalmuelleri (Butler, 1882)
* Cyana saulia (Swinhoe, 1901)
* Cyana schaeferi (Gaede, 1924 – incertae sedis)
* Cyana selangorica (Hampson, 1903)
* Cyana signa (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana soror (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana speideli Karisch, 2013
* Cyana squalida Karisch, 2013
* Cyana subalba (Wileman, 1910)
* Cyana sublutipes (Kishida, 1991)
* Cyana subornata (Walker, 1854)
* Cyana suessmuthi Karisch, 2013
* Cyana tettigonioides (Heylaerts, 1892)
* Cyana thoracica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
* Cyana titovi Volynkin, Černý & Ivanova, 2019
* Cyana togoana (Strand, 1912)
* Cyana torrida (Holland, 1893)
* Cyana transfasciata (Rothschild, 1912)
* Cyana treadawayi (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana trigona (Rothschild, 1903)
* Cyana trigutta Walker, 1854
* Cyana tripuncta (de Toulgoet, 1980)
* Cyana tripunctata Rothschild, 1936
* Cyana ueleana (Karisch, 2003)
* Cyana unipunctata (Elwes, 1890)
* Cyana usambara Karisch, 2013
* Cyana v-nigrum (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana venusta Karisch, 2013
* Cyana vespertata (Cerny, 1993)
* Cyana watsoni Hampson, 1897
* Cyana yao Volynkin & Lázló, 2020