Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971

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Higher taxa:	Thyrididae (family)/  Siculodinae (subfamily)/  Hapana (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Whalley, 1971
Citation:	Hapana carcealis sp. n.
Original genus:	Hapana
Publication:	Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study.
Journal:	Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology)
Volume:	Supplement 17
Issue:
Pagination:	102–103; pl. 1, fig. F; pl. 10, fig. 44; pl. 35, fig. 192; pl. 57, figs 341, 342

Hapana carcealis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 10006♂, NHMUK	Kenya	Kenya, Nairobi, xi.1957, leg. R. H. Carcasson.
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 6♂, 5♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Nairobi, xi.1957, leg. R. H. Carcasson.

Distribution note:

This species has often been misidentified as Betousa obscuralis Hampson, 1893 (see P. E. S. Whalley 1971: 102).

Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Comoros	Mayotte (Maore)	Viette P. 1981a. Lépidoptères Hétérocères de l'archipel des Comores nouveaux ou peu connus. I. page 33
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Viette P. 1981a. Lépidoptères Hétérocères de l'archipel des Comores nouveaux ou peu connus. I. page 33
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Kenya		Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 103
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Malawi		Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 103
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Mauritius		Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 103
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Seychelles	Aldabra	Fryer J. C. F. 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. page 20 (as obscuralis)
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Tanzania		Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 103
Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971	Zimbabwe		Whalley P. E. S. 1971. The Thyrididae (Lepidoptera) of Africa and its islands. A taxonomic and zoogeographic study. page 103

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Hapana carcealis (1)

Hapana carcealis (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Hapana obscuralis (auct. nec Hampson, 1893)	(auct. nec Hampson, 1893)	species	Misapplied	Thyris obscuralis