Metarctia rhodites Kiriakoff, 1957

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia alticola
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:	Metarctia (Metarctia) rhodites spec. nov.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1957a. New Thyretidae (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:	Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
Volume:	100
Issue:	1
Pagination:	106–107, fig. 19; pl. 6, fig. 46
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30310159

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia alticola Aurivillius, 1925; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 19).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia rhodites Kiriakoff, 1957	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	Rwanda	[Rwanda], Ruanda District, Lake Kivu, Rugege Forest [Nyungwe Forest], 8000 ft, xii.1921, leg. T. A. Barns.
Metarctia rhodites Kiriakoff, 1957	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	Paratypes 2♂, NHMUK.	Rwanda	[Rwanda], Ruanda District, Lake Kivu, Rugege Forest [Nyungwe Forest], 8000 ft, xii.1921, leg. T. A. Barns.

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