Type species: Phalaena hyppasia Cramer, 1779. Uitlandsche Kapellen 3: 99; pl. 250, fig. E. By subsequent designation by Moore, 1885. Lepidoptera of Ceylon 3: 186. Included in tribus Ophiusini by J. D. Holloway (2005: 73). Placed in Erebiinae: Euclidiini by Homziak et al. (2019).