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Cyana rejecta rejecta (Walker, 1854)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Lithosiini (tribe)/  Nudariina (subtribe)/  Cyana (genus)/  Cornutivulpecula (subgenus)/  Cyana rejecta (species)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1854)
Citation:Setina rejecta
Original genus:Setina
Publication:Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:521
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418533
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Cyana rejecta rejecta (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Cyana by T. Karisch (2013: 84).

Karisch T. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the African Cyana-species (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Cyana rejecta rejecta (Walker, 1854) Syntype unknown NHMUK Syntypes, abdomen missing (see T. Karisch 2013: 84), NHMUK. South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, in original description not indicated. Karisch T. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the African Cyana-species (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae). page 521
Distribution note:

The distribution is restricted to South Africa (see A. Volynkin & G. M. László 2020a: 333). All records from other countries, either as rejecta or as bipunctigera, refer to different Cyana species; e.g. Druce 1887: 495, Butler, 1898: 418, Hampson 1900a: 326,1909c: 105, Pagenstecher 1903: 13, Strand 1912m: 188, 1922a: 748, Kiriakoff 1963a: 98, Pinhey 1975: 163.

Volynkin A. V. & László G. M. 2020a. Review of the Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854) species-group, with descriptions of three new species from mainland Africa and a new subspecies from Madagascar (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini).
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Cyana rejecta bipunctigera (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) subspecies Synonym Lithosia rejecta bipunctigera