Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Oberthür, 1880)
Citation:	Automolis unicolor, Oberthür (nova species)
Original genus:	Automolis
Publication:	Oberthür C. 1880. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologice. I Lepidotteri.
Journal:	Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova
Volume:	15
Issue:
Pagination:	186
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29859620

Metarctia unicolor (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Metarctia by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 23).

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 unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Holotype	♂	MSNM	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. Berio 281♂, MSNM.	Ethiopia	[Ethiopia], Galla Country, Fin-Fekéré, vi.1878, leg. Antinori.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Angola		Rothschild W. 1910c. Descriptions of new Syntomidae. page 442 (as erlangeri)
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page 51 (as erlangeri)
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Eritrea		Berio E. 1933b. Note sui lepidotteri. Metarctia lateritia H-S e Automolis unicolor Obth. page 48 (as abyssinibia)
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Ethiopia		Oberthür C. 1880. Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologice. I Lepidotteri. page 186
Metarctia unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)	Kenya		page LepIndex (as major)

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Metarctia unicolor (1)

Metarctia unicolor (2)

Metarctia erlangeri (1)

Metarctia erlangeri (2)

Metarctia major (1)

Metarctia major (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Metarctia abyssinibia Kiriakoff, 1957	Kiriakoff, 1957	species	Synonym	Metarctia abyssinibia
Metarctia aegrota Berio, 1939	Berio, 1939	species	Synonym	Metarctia aegrota
Metarctia erlangeri Rothschild, 1910	Rothschild, 1910	species	Synonym	Metarctia erlangeri
Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922	Le Cerf, 1922	species	Synonym	Metarctia major