Rhipidarctia rhodospila Kiriakoff, 1957

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Rhipidarctia (genus)/  Rhipidarctia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Rhipidarctia conradti
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1957
Citation:	Rhipidarctia (Rhipidarctia) rhodospila sp. nov.
Original genus:	Rhipidarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1957c. Lépidoptères nouveaux du Congo belge.
Journal:	Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines
Volume:	55
Issue:	3–4
Pagination:	270–271, fig. 2

Rhipidarctia rhodospila (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia conradti Oberthür, 1911; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 28).

Przybyłowicz Ł. 2009. Thyretini of Africa. An illustrated catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Rhipidarctia rhodospila Kiriakoff, 1957	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai], Congo belge, Sankuru, Ifuta, 31.x.1921, leg. L. Verlaine.
Rhipidarctia rhodospila Kiriakoff, 1957	Allotype	♀	RMCA	Allotype ♀, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, East Kasai], Congo belge, Sankuru, Ifuta, 31.x.1921, leg. L. Verlaine.

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Rhipidarctia rhodospila (1)

Rhipidarctia rhodospila (2)

Rhipidarctia rhodospila (3)

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