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Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Amerilini (tribe)/ Amerila (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Druce, 1888)
Citation:	Pelochyta lupia, n. sp.
Original genus:	Pelochyta
Publication:	Druce H. 1888. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1887
Issue:
Pagination:	669
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31784332

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Amerila lupia (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Arctiidae 3520♂, NHMUK.	Mozambique	Mozambique, E Africa, Delagoa Bay [Baia de Maputo], leg. Monteiro.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Kenya		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 170
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Mozambique		Druce H. 1888. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa. page 669
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 499
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 170
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Tanzania		Weymer G. W. 1892. Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet. page 106 (as nivaria)
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Tanzania	Zanzibar (Unguja)	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 499
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Zambia		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 4
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 170

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Amerila lupia (Druce, 1888)	Galium sp.	Rubiaceae		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 25

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
Amerila nivaria Weymer, 1892	Weymer, 1892	species	Synonym	Amerila nivaria
Amerila sanguinota (Strand, 1911)	(Strand, 1911)	species	Synonym	Rhodogastria sanguinota