| FAMILY |
Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Hypeninae
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| GENUS |
Hypena |
| SPECIES |
afarensis
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| AUTHOR | Laporte, 1991 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Hypena afarensis, n. sp. Laporte |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Djibouti, Day Mt, 1500 m, 08.iv.1975, leg. P.-C. Rougeot.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Laporte 1433♂ [not 1437 as stated in the original description (see M. Lödl 1994h: 575)], MNHN.
|
| STATUS |
Species |
| COMMENT | Does not belong to Hypena, but perhaps to Sarmatia (see M. Lödl 1994h: 575). |
| PUBLICATION |
Rougeot P.-C., Bourgogne J. & Laporte B. 1991. Les Lépidoptères Hétérocères d'Afrique orientale. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 27(4):407–463.
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| PAGINATION |
434, figs 20, 136
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