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Rhipidarctia punctulata Kiriakoff, 1963

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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 forsteri
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1963
Citation:	Rhipidarctia (Hemirhipidia) punctulata n. sp.
Original genus:	Rhipidarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim).
Journal:	—
Volume:	16
Issue:	3
Pagination:	94, fig. 5
URL:	https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/institut-des-parcs-nationaux-du-congo/exploration-du-parc-national-albert-deuxieme-serie-exploratie-van-het-nationaal-albert-park-tweede-reeks/16-1963/irscnb_p4177_rbins20006_16-text3.pdf https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/institut-des-parcs-nationaux-du-congo/exploration-du-parc-national-albert-deuxieme-serie-exploratie-van-het-nationaal-albert-park-tweede-reeks/16-1963/irscnb_p4177_rbins20006_16-text3.pdf

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Rhipidarctia punctulata (1)

Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Elsa forsteri Kiriakoff, 1953; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz & L. Kühne (2008: 150).

Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rhipidarctia punctulata Kiriakoff, 1963	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu], P.N.A. [Parc National Albert], Kyandolire, Camp des gardes, 1700 m, 12–20.x.1952, leg. P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch.
Rhipidarctia punctulata Kiriakoff, 1963	Paratype	♂	RMCA	Paratypes 2♂, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu], P.N.A. [Parc National Albert], Kyandolire, Camp des gardes, 1700 m, 12–20.x.1952, leg. P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch.

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