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Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922

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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 unicolor
Authorship:Le Cerf, 1922
Citation:Metarctia major, n. sp.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères.
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Pagination:393–394; pl. 42, fig. 2
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44732904
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Metarctia major (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Automolis unicolor Oberthür, 1880; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 23, 82).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.
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Metarctia major Le Cerf, 1922 Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, MNHN. Ethiopia Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, vi.1904.
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