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Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Amerilini (tribe)/  Amerila (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Cramer, 1780)
Citation:Phal.[aena] Noct.[ua] Vidua
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.).
Journal:—
Volume:3
Issue:17–24
Pagination:127, 176 (index); pl. cclxiv, fig. C
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42136619
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Amerila vidua (1)
Taxonomic note:

The type locality in the original description is given as "Kust van Guiné", which well might be Ghana.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Neotype ♂ NHMUK Neotype ♂, designated by C. Häuser & M. Boppré (1997: 36), NHMUK. Ghana Ghana, Kakum National Park, near Cape Coast, 16.iv.1995, at Heliotropium bait, leg. M. Boppré. Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 127, 176 (index); pl. cclxiv, fig. C
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Cameroon Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. page 36
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Congo page E. Vingerhoedt.
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 268
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Aurivillius C. 1900b. Verzeichniss einer von den Herren Missionären E. Laman und W. Sjöholm bei Mukinbungu am unteren Congo zusammengebrachten Schmetterlingssammlung. page 1057
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Kinshasa Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 37
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Côte d'Ivoire Mabille P. 1890a. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886, 4e mémoire; Lépidoptères, avec des notes sur quelques autres espèces d'Afrique (Rhopalocera et Heterocera). page 38
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Equatorial Guinea Strand E. 1912o. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera III. (Arctiidae etc.). page 106
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Ethiopia Strand E. 1919b. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. – In: Wagner, H. (Ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars 22. page 378
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Ghana Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 503
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Guinea Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 127
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Kenya Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 4
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Mauritius Cramer P. 1780–1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 105 (as mauritia)
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 503
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Sierra Leone Hampson G. F. 1920b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaena in the British Museum. Supplement II. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum. page 523
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Tanzania Häuser C. L. & Boppré M. 1997. A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 4
Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780) Tanzania Zanzibar (Unguja) Holland W. J. 1896a. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbott, with descriptions of some apparently new species. page 250 (as mauritia)
Amerila vidua mauritia (Cramer, 1781) Mauritius Cramer P. 1780–1782. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 106
Amerila vidua vidua (Cramer, 1780) Côte d'Ivoire 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 5
Amerila vidua vidua (Cramer, 1780) Ghana Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. page 503
Amerila vidua vidua (Cramer, 1780) Guinea 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 5
Amerila vidua vidua (Cramer, 1780) Guinea Cramer P. 1779–1780. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). page 127
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Amerila vidua mauritia (Cramer, 1781) (Cramer, 1781) subspecies Accepted Noctua vidua mauritia
Amerila vidua vidua (Cramer, 1780) (Cramer, 1780) subspecies Accepted Noctua vidua vidua
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination