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Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969

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Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Saturniini (tribe)/  Argema (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Pinhey, 1969
Citation:Argema kuhnei spec. nov.
Original genus:Argema
Publication:Pinhey E. C. G. 1969. A new African lunar moth (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae).
Journal:Arnoldia Rhodesia
Volume:4
Issue:22
Pagination:1–3, figs 1, 2; pl. 1
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Argema kuhnei (1)
Taxonomic note:

Description of the female as metallotype in E. C. G. Pinhey (1972a: 1–2).

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969 Holotype ♂ NMB Holotype ♂, NMB. Zambia Zambia, Northern Province, Mbala (olim Abercorn), 10.ix.1968, leg. K. W. Kuhne.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969 Monotes katangensis Dipterocarpaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 96
Argema kuhnei Pinhey, 1969 Monotes katangensis Dipterocarpaceae Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1972a. The female of Argema kuhnei Pinhey (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). page 1
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Argema kuhnei katangensis Bouyer, 2008 Bouyer, 2008 subspecies Accepted Argema kuhnei katangensis
Argema kuhnei kuhnei Pinhey, 1969 Pinhey, 1969 subspecies Accepted Argema kuhnei kuhnei
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination