Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893)

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FAMILY Thyrididae
SUBFAMILY Charideinae
GENUS Arniocera
SPECIES cyanoxantha
AUTHOR(Mabille, 1893)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONZygaena Cyanoxantha n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Ethiopia], Abyssinia.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Lectotype ♀, designated by P. Viette & D. S. Fletcher (1968: 394), genitalia slide 6♀, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Mabille P. 1893. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux. - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 37:50-65.
PAGINATION 57

Subspecies

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
elegans (Weymer, 1903) Subspecies
borotsana Jordan, 1915 Subspecies
meyeri Alberti, 1957 Subspecies
septentrionalis Aurivillius, 1905 Subspecies
cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893) Subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cameroon   Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1-47, pls 1-5. 43 (as septentrionalis)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Kiriakoff S. G. 1954e. Explorations du Parc National de l'Upemba. Lepidoptera Heterocera. - Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo belge 26:1-69, pls 1-7. 21
Ethiopia   Mabille P. 1893. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux. - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 37:50-65. 57
Kenya   Butler A. G. 1898. On a collection of Lepidoptera made in British East Africa by Mr. C. S. Betton. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 57:395-444, pls. 32-33. 440
Namibia   Alberti B. 1957. Ueber äthiopische Zygaeniden, insbesondere des Belgischen Kongo. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 55(3-4):285-310. 288
Nigeria   Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1-47, pls 1-5. 43 (as septentrionalis)
South Africa Eastern Cape   TMSA (as elegans)
Tanzania   Weymer G. W. 1903. Einige afrikanische Lepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 16:221-235, pl. 2. 235 (as elegans)
Uganda   Hampson G. F. 1918b. Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, a list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. - Novitates Zoologicae 25(2):366-394. 381
Zambia   Jordan K. 1915c. New exotic Zygaenidae in the Tring Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:295-301. 298 (as borotsana)
Zimbabwe   Gaede M. 1926a. Zygaenidae, Heterogynidae. - In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. - — 14:19-37, 39-40. 28

Host Plants

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