Purius

Purius is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the family Erebidae, established by Francis Walker in 1855. The genus contains two described species: Purius pilumnia (originally described by Stoll in 1780) and Purius superpulverea (described by Dyar in 1925). As members of the subfamily Arctiinae, these moths possess the characteristic features of tiger moths and tussock moths, though specific details of their biology remain poorly documented in available literature.