Metarctia fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1953
Citation:	Metarctia flavicincta fontainei subsp. nov.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:	Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie
Volume:	26
Issue:
Pagination:	45; pl. 7, fig. 83

Metarctia fontainei (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Raised to species level by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 20).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai, Congo belge, Sankuru, Katako-Kombe, 17.xii.1951, leg. M. Fontaine.
Metarctia fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953	Allotype	♀	RMCA	Allotype ♀, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai, Congo belge, Sankuru, Katako-Kombe, 17.xii.1951, leg. M. Fontaine.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	East Kasai	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 45

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Metarctia fontainei (1)

Metarctia fontainei (2)

Metarctia fontainei (3)

Metarctia fontainei (4)

Metarctia fontainei (5)

Metarctia fontainei (6)

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