Zethes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Rambur in 1833.

[1][2] Palpi thickly scaled, where the second joint obliquely upturned to above vertex of head.

Thorax and abdomen usually smoothly scaled.

Outer margin more or less angled at middle.

Hindwings with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.