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Metarctia impura Kiriakoff, 1959

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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:Kiriakoff, 1959
Citation:Metarctia (Metarhodia) impura sp. nov.
Original genus:Metarctia
Publication:Kiriakoff S. G. 1959a. Notes sur les Notodontoidea (Lepidoptera) du Congo Belge.
Journal:Lambillionea
Volume:59
Issue:3–4
Pagination:28–20, fig. 5
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Metarctia impura (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz & L. Kühne (2008: 151).

Przybyłowicz Ł. & Kühne L. 2008. Syntominae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Metarctia impura Kiriakoff, 1959 Holotype ♂ RMCA Holotype ♂, RMCA Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Uele, Paulis [Isiro], 13.xi.1957, leg. M. Fontaine.
Metarctia impura Kiriakoff, 1959 Paratype ♂ RMCA Paratypes 3♂, RMCA. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Uele, Paulis [Isiro], 13.xi.1957, leg. M. Fontaine.
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