Biology:Amerila lupia

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Short description: Species of moth

Amerila lupia
Amerila lupia (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) (26624426713).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. lupia
Binomial name
Amerila lupia
(H. Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Weymer, 1892 H. Druce, 1887
  • Strand, 1911 Rhodogastria lupia
  • Pelochyta lupia
  • Amerila nivaria Rhodogastria sanguinota

Amerila lupia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa , Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Amerila lupia (Druce, 1887)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/AMERLUPI. Retrieved December 21, 2019. 
  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4745754 entry