{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Alpenus | authority = Walker, 1855 | type_species = ''Alpenus aequalis'' | type_species_authority = Walker, 1855 | synonyms = * ''Eminaria'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1908</small> }}
'''''Alpenus''''' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in the Afrotropics.
==Species== * ''Alpenus affiniola'' <small>(Strand, 1919)</small> * ''Alpenus auriculatus'' <small>Watson, 1989</small> * ''Alpenus diversatus'' <small>(Hampson, 1916)</small> * ''Alpenus dollmani'' <small>(Hampson, 1920)</small> * ''Alpenus geminipuncta'' <small>(Hampson, 1916)</small> * ''Alpenus intactus'' <small>(Hampson, 1916)</small> * ''Alpenus investigatorum'' <small>(Karsch, 1898)</small> * ''Alpenus maculosus'' <small>(Stoll in Cramer, 1781)</small> * ''Alpenus microstictus'' <small>(Hampson, 1920)</small> * ''Alpenus nigropunctatus'' <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1908)</small> * ''Alpenus pardalina'' <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small> * ''Alpenus schraderi'' <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small> ** ''Alpenus schraderi rattrayi'' <small>(Rothschild, 1910)</small> * ''Alpenus thomasi'' <small>Watson, 1989</small> * ''Alpenus whalleyi'' <small>Watson, 1989</small> * ''Alpenus wichgrafi'' <small>Watson, 1989</small>
==References== *{{aut|Watson, A.}}, 1988 [1989]: A review of ''Spilosoma''-like Afrotropical tiger-moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Entomologica Scandinavica'' '''19''': 251-291. *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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Category:Spilosomina Category:Noctuoidea genera Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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