Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Thyretes (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wallengren, 1863
Citation:	Thyretes caffra n. sp.
Original genus:	Thyretes
Publication:	Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III.
Journal:	Wiener entomologische Monatschrift
Volume:	7
Issue:	5
Pagination:	138
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31456260

Thyretes caffra (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Holotype	♂	SNHM	Holotype ♂, SNHM.	South Africa	[South Africa and Namibia], "In Caffraria orientali et in territorio fluminis Kuisip", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Botswana		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 143
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Gambia		Druce H. 1887a. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 494
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Lesotho		Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 160
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Mozambique		Hampson G. F. 1898a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Syntomidae. page 139
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Namibia		Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. page 138
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Sierra Leone		Schaus W. & Clements W. G. 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone Lepidoptera. page 22
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	Western Cape	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 143
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Wallengren H. D. J. 1863a. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. III. page 138
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	Gauteng	Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	Eastern Cape	page T. Baron
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	Limpopo	Mey W. & Kühne L. 2014. Results of a short collecting trip to the Central Lowveld in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, with description of Deltote johnjoannoui sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 241
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	South Africa	Mpumalanga	page T. Jones
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1955c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (I). page 200 (as cafra)
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 143
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 143

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Thyretes caffra (1)

Thyretes caffra (2)

Thyretes caffra (3)

Thyretes caffra (4)

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