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Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Sterrhinae (subfamily)/  Scopulini (tribe)/  Somatina (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guenée, 1858)
Citation:Argyris Pythiaria Gn.
Original genus:Argyris
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II.
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Volume:10
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Pagination:14; pl. 20, fig. 6
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9807795
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Somatina pythiaria (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Holotype ♀ MNHN Holotype ♀, MNHN Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Viette P. 1950b. Sur quelques espèces de Geométrides décrites par Guenée (1857). page 14; pl. 20, fig. 6
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Paratype ♀ MNHN 1 paratype ♀, abdomen missing (see P. Viette 1950b: 204), MNHN. Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Viette P. 1950b. Sur quelques espèces de Geométrides décrites par Guenée (1857). page 14; pl. 20, fig. 6
DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 59988 
Distribution note:

The record of South Africa (Swinhoe 1904, Prout L. B. 1932a: 395) is due to a misidentification of Somatina vestalis (Butler, 1875) (see A. Hausmann, D. Stadie & R. Fiebig 2016: 99).

Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Ethiopia Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. page 14
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1980b. The larger moths of Dhofar and their zoogeographic composition. page 193
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Somalia Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 98
Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Yemen Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 294
Somatina pythiaria nigrimacula Hausmann, 2009 Oman Hausmann A. 2009c. New and interesting geometrid moths from Dhofar, southern Oman (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 120
Somatina pythiaria nigrimacula Hausmann, 2009 Yemen Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 99
Somatina pythiaria pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Ethiopia Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. page 14
Somatina pythiaria pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) Somalia Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). page 98
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Somatina pythiaria nigrimacula Hausmann, 2009 Hausmann, 2009 subspecies Accepted Somatina pythiaria nigrimacula
Somatina pythiaria pythiaria (Guenée, 1858) (Guenée, 1858) subspecies Accepted Argyris pythiaria pythiaria
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination