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Antheua varia Walker, 1855

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Higher taxa: Notodontidae (family)/  Phalerinae (subfamily)/  Antheua (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Antheua tricolor
Authorship:Walker, 1855
Citation:Antheua varia
Original genus:Antheua
Publication:Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera.
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Volume:3
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Pagination:766
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39418790
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855; synonymized by A. J. T. Janse (1920a: 179).

Janse A. J. T. 1920a. On the South African Notodontidae, with descriptions and apparently new genera and species.
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Antheua varia Walker, 1855 Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Lectotype ♂, designated by A. Schintlmeister & G. M. László (2025: 266), NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. M. Gueinzius. Schintlmeister A. & László G. M. 2025. A review of the genus Antheua Walker, 1855 with descriptions of 19 new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Phalerinae). page 266
Antheua varia Walker, 1855 Paralectotype ♂ NHMUK Paralectotypes ♂, ♀ [number not stated], NHMUK. South Africa South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. M. Gueinzius.
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