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Parent Taxon

• Erebidae

Sibling Taxa

• Antiotricha
• Are
• Calodesma
• Chetone
• Composia
• Crocomela
• Ctenuchidia
• Cyanarctia
• Didaphne
• Dysschema
• Ephestris
• Episcea
• Euchlaenidia
• Eucyanoides
• Gnophaela
• Heliactinidia
• Hyalurga
• Hypocrita
• Isostola
• Josiomorpha
• Josiomorphoides
• Mesenochroa
• Myserla
• Notophyson
• Nyctemera
• Phaloe
• Phaloesia
• Pseudophaloe
• Pteroodes
• Sagaropsis
• Scearctia
• Seileria
• Stenognatha
• Sthenognatha
• Syntomidopsis
• Thermidarctia
• Thyrgis
• Xenosoma
• Zigira

Child Taxa

• Dysschema amapoarum
• Dysschema amphissa
• Dysschema anadema
• Dysschema aorsa
• Dysschema arema
• Dysschema bivittata
• Dysschema boisduvallii
• Dysschema brunnea
• Dysschema centenaria
• Dysschema cerialis
• Dysschema constans
• Dysschema damon
• Dysschema daphne
• Dysschema dissimulata
• Dysschema eurocilia
• Dysschema fanatica
• Dysschema faustinoi
• Dysschema forbesi
• Dysschema formosissima
• Dysschema gaumeri
• Dysschema hilara
• Dysschema howardi
• Dysschema humeralis
• Dysschema imitata
• Dysschema innominatum
• Dysschema intermedium
• Dysschema jansonis
• Dysschema joiceyi
• Dysschema larvata
• Dysschema leda
• Dysschema leonina
• Dysschema leucophaea
• Dysschema luctuosa
• Dysschema lycaste
• Dysschema lygdamis
• Dysschema magdala
• Dysschema marginalis
• Dysschema marginata
• Dysschema mariamne
• Dysschema minor
• Dysschema molesta
• Dysschema mosera
• Dysschema moseroides
• Dysschema neda
• Dysschema nigrivenata
• Dysschema palmeri
• Dysschema panamensis
• Dysschema perplexa
• Dysschema picta
• Dysschema porioni
• Dysschema practides
• Dysschema practidoides
• Dysschema rorata
• Dysschema rosina
• Dysschema sacrifica
• Dysschema schadei
• Dysschema semirufa
• Dysschema subapicalis
• Dysschema superior
• Dysschema talboti
• Dysschema tarsoi
• Dysschema terminata
• Dysschema thetis
• Dysschema thyridina
• Dysschema titan
• Dysschema triangulum
• Dysschema tricolora
• Dysschema uriasi
• Dysschema variifasciata
• Dysschema viuda
• Dysschema wayneri
• Dysschema zeladon

Top Observation Places

• Taxco de Alarcón
• Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano
• San Cristóbal de las Casas
• Oaxaca
• Guadalajara
• Tlalpan
• Xalapa de Enríquez
• Coatepec