Amerila syntomina
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Amerila syntomina is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It was described by Butler in 1878. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.[1]
Subspecies
- Amerila syntomina syntomina
- Amerila syntomina rubondoi Häuser et Boppre, 1997 (Tanzania)
References
- Butler, A.G., 1878: Descriptions of some new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Old Calabar and Madagascar. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 2: 455-465.
- Druce, H., 1887: Description of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from Tropical Africa. Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 668-686, pl. LV.
- 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.
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