Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)

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Permalink:	ACLORUBR
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Rhypopteryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Weymer, 1892)
Citation:	Psilura rubripunctata m.
Original genus:	Psilura
Publication:	Weymer G. W. 1892. Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet.
Journal:	Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:	53
Issue:	4–5
Pagination:	108–109
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9266428

Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Rhypopteryx by C. L. Collenette (1955a: 188).

Collenette C. L. 1955a. A key to the African genera of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)	Holotype	♀		Holotype ♀, coll. Blass.	Tanzania	Tanzania, Ost-Afrika, leg. Richelmann.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)	Cameroon		Delabye S., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Patocký P., Mertens J. E. J., Przybyłowicz Ł., Murkwe M., Kobe I. N., Fokam E. B., Janeček Š. & Tropek R. 2020a. First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges. page 28
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 34
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)	Côte d'Ivoire		Vuattoux R. 1991. Première donnée sur trois familles de Lépidoptères de la région de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire). page 248
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)	Tanzania		Weymer G. W. 1892. Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet. page 109

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Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Rhypopteryx rubripuncta (Hering, 1926)	(Hering, 1926)	species	Misapplied	Aclonophlebia rubripuncta