Amerila vidua
| Amerila vidua | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. vidua |
| Binomial name | |
| Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amerila vidua is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1780. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.[1]
Subspecies
- Amerila vidua vidua
- Amerila vidua mauritia (Stoll, [1781]) (Mauritius)
References
- Cramer, P., 1780: De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America [Papillons Exotiques des trois parties du monde l’Asie, l’Afrique et l’Amerique] 3: 1-176, t. CXCII-CCLXXXVII, Amsterdam, Utrecht.
- 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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