Amerila madagascariensis

Amerila madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. madagascariensis
Binomial name
	Amerila madagascariensis; (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
	Chelonia madagascariensis Boisduval, 1847; Rhodogastria madagascariensis; Aganais vitripennis Blanchard, 1849; Amblythyris radama Mabille, 1879;

Amerila madagascariensis is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It was described by Boisduval in 1847. It is found on Madagascar.^[1]

References

Blanchard, C.E., 1849: [Ins. Lep.]. In: d’Orbigny, A.D. Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle Atlas 2: 19, pl. 13.
Boisduval, J.B.A.D., 1847: Catalogue des lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue peudaut les années 1838-1844 à Port-Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. p. 585-602. In: Delegorgue, A. Voyage dans l”Afrique australi II: 624 pp., Paris.
Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M., 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Systematic Entomology 22 (1): 1-44.
Mabille, P., 1879: Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novæ. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique (7) 3: 132-143, Paris.

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