Amerila lupia
| Amerila lupia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. lupia |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amerila lupia is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1887. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
References
- 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.
- Strand, E., 1911: Neue Gattungen und Arten afrikanischer Heterocera (Lep.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911: 584-591.
- Weymer, G., 1892: Exotische Lepidopteren VI. (Aus dem afrikanischen Faunengebiet.). Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin 53 (4-6): 79-125.
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