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Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)

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Higher taxa:	Lasiocampidae (family)/ Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/ Gastropachini (tribe)/ Sonitha (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Aurivillius, 1915)
Citation:	Stenophatna libera n. sp.
Original genus:	Stenophatna
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1915. New species of African Lasiocampidae and Strichnopterygidae from English collections.
Journal:	Arkiv för Zoologi
Volume:	9
Issue:	11
Pagination:	8
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31935252

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Sonitha libera (1)

Taxonomic note:

Description of the female in H. Takano (2024: 90).

Takano H. 2024. Descriptions of three new Sonitha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae: Lasiocampinae: Gastropachini) from West Africa in the collections of the African Natural History Research Trust, with taxonomic notes on the genus.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Lasiocampidae 460♂, NHMUK.		Africa W, leg. M. Pounds.

Distribution note:

The records of Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon (Zolotuhin & Prozorov 2010: 425) refer to Sonitha chocolatina Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010 (see H. Takano 2024: 92).

Scientific name	Country	Publication
Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)	Côte d'Ivoire	Zolotuhin V. V. & Prozorov A. M. 2010. A review of the genera Opisthodontia Aurivillius, 1895, and Stenophatna Aurivillius, 1909, with erection of 8 new genera and description of 37 new species and 2 new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 425
Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)	Guinea	Friend H. L., Prozorov A. M., Yakovlev R. V., Prozorova T. A., Saldaitis A., Sulak H., Volkova J. A., , Lamah S. P., Revay E. E. & Müller G. C. 2024. Four new species close to Sonitha libera and Sonitha myoctona from the Congolian lowland forests (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 102
Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1915)	Liberia	Zolotuhin V. V. & Prozorov A. M. 2010. A review of the genera Opisthodontia Aurivillius, 1895, and Stenophatna Aurivillius, 1909, with erection of 8 new genera and description of 37 new species and 2 new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). page 425

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