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Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Nyctemerina (subtribe)/  Nyctemera (genus)/  Chiromachla (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Walker, 1854
Citation:Nyctemera perspicua
Original genus:Nyctemera
Publication:Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:398–399
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418410
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Nyctemera perspicua (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Syntype unknown NHMUK 8 Syntypes, NHMUK. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.
Distribution note:

The record from Kenya (Butler 1898: 419) needs confirmation.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Cameroon Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. page 40
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. page 288
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Swinhoe C. 1903b. New species of eastern and African Lepidoptera. page 66
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. page 1306
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the North Kivu Rebel H. 1914a. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Lepidopteren. page 288
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Equatorial Guinea Bioko Kheil N. M. 1905. Lepidópteros de la Guinea Española. Primera parte. page 180 (as fallax)
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Equatorial Guinea Kheil N. M. 1909. Lepidópteros de la Guinea Española. Segunda parte page 492
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Gabon Holland W. J. 1893b. New African Nyctemeridae and Liparidae. page 60 (as fallax)
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Ghana Möschler H. B. 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste. page 73
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Guinea Strand E. 1909f. Lepidoptera von Ober-Guinea und Sudan, gesammelt von Herrn Leo Frobenius. page 310
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Nigeria Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 83
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Sierra Leone Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 399
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Tanzania page NHMO
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Togo Strand E. 1909e. Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Arten der Arctiidengattungen Deilemera Hb., Eohemera Auriv., Secusio Wlk., Utetheisa Hb. und Aciopoeniella Strand. page 337
Nyctemera perspicua Walker, 1854 Uganda Hampson G. F. 1909c. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 117 (as fallax)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Nyctemera fallax Holland, 1893 Holland, 1893 species Synonym Nyctemera fallax