Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Caradrinini (tribe)/  Caradrina (genus)/  Paradrina (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1947
Citation:	Caradrina (subgenus Paradrina) katherina spec. nov.
Original genus:	Caradrina
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1947b. Middle East Lepidoptera, VII: New species and forms from Egypt and Arabia.
Journal:	Bulletin of the Society Fouad I Entomology
Volume:	31
Issue:	1
Pagination:	4–5, fig. 1; pl. 1, figs 2–3

Caradrina katherina dissimulata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Holotype	♂	USNM	Holotype ♂, USNM	Egypt	Egypt, S Sinai, Jebel Katherin, 1500 m, 18–27.iv.1940, leg. A. Alfieri.
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Allotype	♀	USNM	Allotype ♀, USNM	Egypt	Egypt, S Sinai, Jebel Katherin, 1500 m, 18–27.iv.1940, leg. A. Alfieri.
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Paratype	unknown	NHMUK	Paratypes [number not stated, "a long series"], USNM, NHMUK.	Egypt	Egypt, S Sinai, Jebel Katherin, 1500 m, 18–27.iv.1940, leg. A. Alfieri.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Egypt	Sinai	Wiltshire E. P. 1947b. Middle East Lepidoptera, VII: New species and forms from Egypt and Arabia. page 5
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 315 (as dissimulata)
Caradrina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 280 (as dissimulata
Caradrina katherina dissimulata Wiltshire, 1982	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 315
Caradrina katherina dissimulata Wiltshire, 1982	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 280

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Caradrina katherina dissimulata (1)

Caradrina katherina dissimulata (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Caradrina katherina dissimulata Wiltshire, 1982	Wiltshire, 1982	subspecies	Accepted	Caradrina katherina dissimulata
Caradrina katherina katherina Wiltshire, 1947	Wiltshire, 1947	subspecies	Accepted	Caradrina katherina katherina

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination