Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Syntomina (subtribe)/  Ceryx (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1865)
Citation:	Syntomis bivittata
Original genus:	Syntomis
Publication:	Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement.
Journal:	—
Volume:	31 (1864)
Issue:
Pagination:	66–67
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916623

Ceryx bivittata (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Ceryx by J. J. de Freina & W. De Prins (2022a: 91). Had been transferred to Trichaeta by G. F. Hampson (1898a: 55).

de Freina J. J. & De Prins W. 2022a. Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengren, 1863, Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. J. Foxcroft.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Cameroon		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 177
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		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 263
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 177
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Gambia		Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 494
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Ghana		de Freina J. J. & De Prins W. 2022a. Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengren, 1863, Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini). page 94
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Guinea		Kiriakoff S. G. 1963f. La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mont Nimba. XVII. Lepidoptera Heterocera (Anthroceridae, Arctiidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae). page 403
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Liberia		de Freina J. J. & De Prins W. 2022a. Nomenclatural notes on Ceryx Wallengren, 1863, Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892 and Agaphthora Meyrick, 1886 stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini). page 91
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Rwanda		Kiriakoff S. G. 1955c. Contribution à l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). XXVI. Lepidoptera Thyretidae, Arctiidae et Zygaenidae. page 266
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Sierra Leone		Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. page 67
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Togo		page J. Bowen
Ceryx bivittata (Walker, 1865)	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1955c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (I). page 199

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