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Metarctia hector Kiriakoff, 1959

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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 burra
Authorship:Kiriakoff, 1959
Citation:Metarctia (Metarctia) hector sp. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1959a. Notes sur les Notodontoidea (Lepidoptera) du Congo Belge.
Journal:Lambillionea
Volume:59
Issue:3–4
Pagination:30, fig. 6
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Metarctia hector (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Anace burra Schaus, 1893; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 19, 65).

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 hector Kiriakoff, 1959 Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Uele, Paulis [Isiro], 03.vii.1957, leg. M. Fontaine.
Metarctia hector Kiriakoff, 1959 Paratype ♂ RMCA Paratypes 4♂, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Uele, Paulis [Isiro], 03.vii.1957, leg. M. Fontaine.
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