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Palasea melia menecles (Fawcett, 1915)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Palasea (genus)/  Palasea melia (species)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Palasea melia melia
Authorship:(Fawcett, 1915)
Citation:Lymantria menecles, sp. n.
Original genus:Lymantria
Publication:Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1915
Issue:1
Pagination:99; pl. 2, fig. 28
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750738
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Palasea by C. L. Collenette (1953: 276); see also A. Schintlmeister (2004: 224). A junior subjective synonym of Lymantria melia Fawcett, 1915; synonymized by C. L. Collenette (1953: 276).

Collenette C. L. 1953. Notes on African Lymantriidae, with descriptions of some new species.
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Palasea melia menecles (Fawcett, 1915) Syntype ♂ NHMUK Syntypes ♂, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Kedai, 25.xi.1911 and 12.xii.1911, leg. W. Feather.
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