Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Utetheisina (subtribe)/  Alytarchia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1865)
Citation:	Deiopeia leonina
Original genus:	Argina
Publication:	Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement.
Journal:	—
Volume:	31 (1864)
Issue:
Pagination:	262
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916819

Alytarchia leonina (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Alytarchia by V. V. Dubatolov (2009: 288).

Dubatolov V. V. 2009. Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V. Kovtunovich and P. Ustujuzhanin in 2008–2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, ...).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. J. Foxcroft.

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Sri Lanka.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 460
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Gabon		Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910–1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. page 1288
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Gambia		Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 495
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 433
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Madagascar		Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 254
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Malawi		Butler A. G. 1894a. On two collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C. B., from British Central Africa. page 677
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Nigeria		Roberts H. 1969. Forest Insects of Nigeria with notes on their Biology and Distribution. page 11 (as Argina leona)
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Sierra Leone		Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. page 262
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Tanzania		Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 112
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Togo		Gaede M. 1926b. Arctiidae, Subfamilien Hypsinae, Micrarctiinae, Spilosominae, etc. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 112
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1957c. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (IV). page 134
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Zambia		Butler A. G. 1895. On collections of Lepidoptera from British East Africa and Lake Tanganyika. page 266
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Zimbabwe		page R. Butler

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Alytarchia leonina (Walker, 1865)	Eucalyptus deglupta	Myrtaceae	Nigeria	Roberts H. 1969. Forest Insects of Nigeria with notes on their Biology and Distribution. page 11

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Alytarchia leonina (1)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Alytarchia crotalariae (Hübner, 1793)	(Hübner, 1793)	species	Synonym	Bombyx crotalariae
Alytarchia leona (Pinhey, 1975)	(Pinhey, 1975)	species	Misapplied	Deiopeia leona