Metarctia denisae Dufrane, 1945

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Metarctia (genus)/  Metarhodia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Metarctia rubripuncta
Authorship:	Dufrane, 1945
Citation:	Metarctia denisae n. sp.
Original genus:	Metarctia
Publication:	Dufrane A. 1945. Lépidoptères du Kivu (3e note).
Journal:	Bulletin & Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
Volume:	81
Issue:
Pagination:	131–132

Metarctia denisae (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898; synonymized by S. G. Kiriakoff (1953a: 37).

Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarctia denisae Dufrane, 1945	Holotype	♂	RBINS	Holotype ♂, RBINS	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], S Kivu, Kamituga, 18.viii.1939, leg. A. Dufrane.
Metarctia denisae Dufrane, 1945	Allotype	♀	RBINS	Allotype ♀, RBINS	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], S Kivu, Kamituga, 18.viii.1939, leg. A. Dufrane.
Metarctia denisae Dufrane, 1945	Paratype	♂	RMCA	Paratypes 19♂, RBINS, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo], S Kivu, Kamituga, 18.viii.1939, leg. A. Dufrane.

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