Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (Kiriakoff, 1953)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Rhipidarctia (genus)/  Elsitia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Rhipidarctia lutea
Authorship:	(Kiriakoff, 1953)
Citation:	E.[lsa] [invaria] ghesquièrei subsp. nov.
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:	27

Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia lutea Holland, 1893; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 27).

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 ghesquierei (Kiriakoff, 1953)	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur], Eala [5 km E of Mbandaka], ix.1935, leg. J. Ghesquière.
Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (Kiriakoff, 1953)	Paratype	♀	RMCA	Paratype 1♀, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur], Eala [5 km E of Mbandaka], ix.1935, leg. J. Ghesquière.

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Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (1)

Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (2)

Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (3)

Rhipidarctia ghesquierei (4)

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