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Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Poaphilini (tribe)/  Achaea (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guenée, 1852)
Citation:Ophisma Praestans Gn.
Original genus:Ophisma
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1852c. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome III.
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Volume:7
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Pagination:241; pl. 22, fig. 2
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9747444
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Achaea praestans (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, MNHN (see P. Viette 1951a: 162). Madagascar Madagascar. Viette P. 1951a. Sur quelques Noctuelles décrites par Guenée (1852–1854). page 162
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Côte d'Ivoire page MGCL
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Eswatini Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 358 (map)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Ethiopia Laporte B. 1975a. Diagnoses de 17 nouvelles espèces de Noctuidae d'Ethiopie et du Kenya (Lépidoptères). page 282 (as saboeaereginae)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Kenya Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. page 96
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Madagascar Guenée A. M. 1852c. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VII. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome III. page 241
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 215
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Mozambique Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 340 (as bryoxantha)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) South Africa Eastern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 358
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 215
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) South Africa Limpopo Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 358 (map)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) South Africa Mpumalanga Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 358 (map)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) South Africa Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 340 (as bryoxantha)
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Tanzania Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 215
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 215
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Achaea praestans (Guenée, 1852) Cassipourea gummiflua Rhizophoraceae South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 72 (as C. verticillata)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Achaea arabella Bryk, 1915 Bryk, 1915 species Synonym Achaea arabella
Achaea brunnescens Strand, 1914 Strand, 1914 species Misapplied Achaea brunnescens
Achaea bryoxantha (Hampson, 1902) (Hampson, 1902) species Synonym Ophiusa bryoxantha
Achaea cinereovirescens Strand, 1914 Strand, 1914 species Misapplied Achaea cinereovirescens
Achaea lunulata Strand, 1914 Strand, 1914 species Misapplied Achaea lunulata
Achaea praestantis Strand, 1914 Strand, 1914 species Misapplied Achaea praestantis
Achaea saboeaereginae Laporte, 1975 Laporte, 1975 species Synonym Achaea saboeaereginae