Amerila bauri Möschler, 1884
| FAMILY | Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Arctiinae |
| GENUS | Amerila |
| SPECIES | bauri |
| AUTHOR | Möschler, 1884 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | A.[merila] Bauri n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Caffraria, Missionsstation Baziya, 2800 ft, leg. Hartmann. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♀, designated by C. Häuser & Boppré (1997: 18), genitalia slide VU 10.11♀, ZMHB. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267–310, pl. 16. |
| PAGINATION | 289–290; pl. 16, fig. 2 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Mozambique | Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Systematic Entomology 22:1–44. | 4 | |
| Namibia | Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:88–122. | 109 | |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. - Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (1883):267–310, pl. 16. | 289 |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 170 |
| Zimbabwe | Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). - Systematic Entomology 22:1–44. | 4 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Myrtaceae | Eugenia sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 170 |
| Myrtaceae | Eugenia sp. | Fawcett J. M. 1903. Notes on the Transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the zoological Society of London 17(2):165–190, pls. 6–8. | 180 |
