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Rhipidarctia rubrosuffusa (Kiriakoff, 1953)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Rhipidarctia (genus)/  Rhipidarctia (subgenus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Rhipidarctia flaviceps
Authorship:(Kiriakoff, 1953)
Citation:Elsa (Rhipidarctia) rubrosuffusa sp. n.
Original genus:Elsa
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie
Volume:26
Issue:
Pagination:28–29; pl. 2, fig. 22; pl. 6, fig. 73
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Rhipidarctia rubrosuffusa (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia flaviceps Hampson, 1898; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 28).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Rhipidarctia rubrosuffusa (Kiriakoff, 1953) Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur], Tshuapa, Eala [5 km E of Mbandaka], x.1935, leg. J. Ghesquière.
Rhipidarctia rubrosuffusa (Kiriakoff, 1953) Paratype ♀ RMCA Paratype 1♀, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur], Tshuapa, Eala [5 km E of Mbandaka], x.1935, leg. J. Ghesquière.
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