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Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Syntomina (subtribe)/ Amata (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Butler, 1876)
Citation:	S.[yntomis] alicia, n. sp.
Original genus:	Syntomis
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1876a. Notes on the Lepidoptera of the family Zygaenidae, with descriptions of new genera and species.
Journal:	Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology
Volume:	(2) 12
Issue:	60–62
Pagination:	348
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31981911

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Amata alicia (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Holotype	unknown	NHMUK	Holotype, NHMUK.	Ethiopia	[Ethiopia], Abyssinia, leg. Harris.

Distribution note:

Many records refer to other species, e.g. Nigeria (Aurivillius 1905b: 25), Angola, Cameroon, South Africa (Zerny 1912b: 12), Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Pinhey 1975: 160), Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda (Kiriakoff 1965b: 3), Kenya (Rogenhofer 1891a: 463), Tanzania (Strand 1909a: 109) (J. de Freina i.l. 14.i.2020).

Rogenhofer A. F. 1891a. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. II.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Algeria	Hoggar and Tassili	Rungs Ch. 1958b. Lepidoptères du Tassili n'Ajjer. – In Bernard F., Zoologie pure et appliquée. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). page 174
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Chad	Tibesti	Heppner J. B. 2008. Tibestei: Pleistocene refugium of the Sahara and its Lepidoptera. page 75
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Ethiopia		Butler A. G. 1876a. Notes on the Lepidoptera of the family Zygaenidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 348
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Somalia		Zerny H. 1912b. Syntomidae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.): Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 12
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	South Sudan		page J. de Freina (i.l. 25.i.2020)
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Uganda		page NHMUK

Plant note:

Info on life history in D. G. Sevastopulo (1975: 175).

Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera).

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Publication
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Bidens pilosa	Asteraceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Cupressus sp.	Cupressaceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Dahlia sp.	Asteraceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175
Amata alicia (Butler, 1876)	Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii	Euphorbiaceae	Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 175

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Amata apicalis (Strand, 1909)	(Strand, 1909)	species	Synonym	Syntomis apicalis