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Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Balacra (genus)/  Balacra (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1954
Citation:Balacra (Balacra) belga spec. nov.
Original genus:Balacra
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1954c. Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères hétérocères. (deuxième note). Noctuiformes nouveaux du Congo belge.
Journal:Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique
Volume:30
Issue:29
Pagination:3–4, fig. 6
URL:http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences/30-1954/irscnb_p4087_3798877-220_30_bulletin-29.pdf http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences/30-1954/irscnb_p4087_3798877-220_30_bulletin-29.pdf
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Balacra belga (1)
Taxonomic note:

Most probably only a colour form of Balacra nigripennis (Aurivillius, 1904) (see Ł. Przybyłowicz 2009: 42).

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
Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954 Holotype ♀ RBINS Holotype ♀, RBINS. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Congo belge, Lupweji, ix.1937, leg. F. G. Overlaet.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination