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Metarctia neaera Fawcett, 1915

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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 fulvia
Authorship:Fawcett, 1915
Citation:Metarctia neaera, sp. n.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1915
Issue:1
Pagination:92; pl. 1, fig. 6
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750731
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Metarctia neaera (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 20, 70).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.
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Metarctia neaera Fawcett, 1915 Lectotype ♀ NHMUK Lectotype ♀, designated by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 20), NHMUK Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Kedai, 24.xi.1911, leg. W. Feather. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 92; pl. 1, fig. 6
Metarctia neaera Fawcett, 1915 Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Paralectotype ♂, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Kedai, 24.xi.1911, leg. W. Feather. Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region. page 92; pl. 1, fig. 6
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