Aedia serapis (Fawcett, 1916)
FAMILY | Erebidae |
SUBFAMILY | Erebinae |
GENUS | Aedia |
SPECIES | serapis |
AUTHOR | (Fawcett, 1916) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Catephia serapis, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Kenya], Br. E. Africa, Kedai, 2500 ft, 16.i.1912, leg. W. Feather. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Aedia by H. Hacker (2016a: 289). |
PUBLICATION | Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. |
PAGINATION |
721; pl. 1, fig. 34
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Species pictures

Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
kampfi | (Berio, 1985) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Kenya | Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707-737, pl. 1. | 721 | |
Tanzania | 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.). - Esperiana 20(1):1-742; (2): 1-430. | 289 |
Host Plants
Unknown