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Metarctia contrasta Bethune-Baker, 1911

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia flavicincta
Authorship:Bethune-Baker, 1911
Citation:Metarctia contrasta, sp. n.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(8) 7
Issue:42
Pagination:533
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098493
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Metarctia contrasta (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900; synonymized by G. F. Hampson (1914a: 70).

Hampson G. F. 1914a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum.
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Metarctia contrasta Bethune-Baker, 1911 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Angola Angola N, N'Dalla Tando [N'dalatando], 2700 ft, 25.xi.1908, leg. W. J. Ansorge.
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