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Polymona melete (Fawcett, 1915)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Polymona (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Polymona gondona
Authorship:(Fawcett, 1915)
Citation:Lymantria melete, 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:98–99; pl. 1, fig. 9
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750737
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Palasea by C. L. Collenette (1953: 576) and to Polymona by A. Schintlmeister (2004: 222); a junior subjective synonym of Lymantria gondona Swinhoe, 1903; synonymized by C. L. Collenette (1931b: 512).

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Polymona melete (Fawcett, 1915) Syntype NHMUK Syntypes ♀, NHMUK. Kenya [Kenya], British East Africa, Kedai, 08.vi.1911; Masongaleni, 24.iii.1912, leg. W. Feather.
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