| Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Botswana | 
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                  Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 397 | 
                  
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Eritrea | 
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                  Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 38 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Ethiopia | 
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                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Gambia | 
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                   page R. Goff | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Ghana | 
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                  Butler A. G. 1897b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Nyasa-Land presented to the museum by Sir Harry Johnston, K. C. B., and collected by Mr. J. B. Yule. page 421 | 
                  
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Kenya | 
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                  Butler A. G. 1897b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Nyasa-Land presented to the museum by Sir Harry Johnston, K. C. B., and collected by Mr. J. B. Yule. page 421 | 
                  
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Namibia | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Oman | 
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                  Wiltshire E. P. 1985a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Noctuidae (Part 4). – In: Büttiker, . (ed.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 6. page 402 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Saudi Arabia | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 522 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Senegal | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Sierra Leone | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 38 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Somalia | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  South Africa | 
                  KwaZulu-Natal | 
                  Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 39 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  South Africa | 
                  North-West | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  South Africa | 
                  Limpopo | 
                  Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 39 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Sudan | 
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                  Wiltshire E. P. 1973. Middle East Lepidoptera: XXXI. A new Clytie species, a new Metophonrhis subspecies, and other noctuid records from the Sudan. page 43 | 
                  
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Tanzania | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Togo | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Yemen | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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                  | Acontia porphyrea (Butler, 1898) | 
                  Zimbabwe | 
                   | 
                  Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page 105 | 
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