Transferred (as ‡chaerilus) to Darapsa by Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.8: 182. Reinstated as the valid name for this species by Fletcher, 1982, in Fletcher & Nye, Generic Names Moths World4: 48.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith