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Mylantria orestes (Druce, 1888)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Mylantria (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Mylantria xanthospila
Authorship:(Druce, 1888)
Citation:Choerotriche [sic] orestes, n. sp.
Original genus:Choerotricha
Publication:Druce H. 1888. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:1887
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Pagination:674
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28700637
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Aroa xanthospila Plötz, 1880; synonymized by C. Aurivillius (1892: 193).

Aurivillius C. 1892. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung. II. Heterocera.
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Mylantria orestes (Druce, 1888) Syntype ♂ NHMUK Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. Cameroon Cameroon, W Africa, Mongo-ma Lubah, leg. L. W. Thompson.
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