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Metarctia abyssinibia Kiriakoff, 1957

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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 unicolor
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:Metarctia (Metarctia) abyssinibia spec. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:100
Issue:1
Pagination:100–102, fig. 8
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310151
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Automolis unicolor Oberthür, 1880; synonymized with Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922 by S. G. Kiriakoff (1960b: 37).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1960b. Notodontidae africains nouveaux (Lepidoptera).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metarctia abyssinibia Kiriakoff, 1957 Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Ethiopia [Ethiopia], Abyssinia, Abbai Affat, v–vi.1902.
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