Hippurarctia overlaeti Kiriakoff, 1953

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Hippurarctia (genus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Hippurarctia ferrigera
Authorship:	Kiriakoff, 1953
Citation:	H.[ippurarctia] vicina overlaeti subsp. nov.
Original genus:	Hippurarctia
Publication:	Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea).
Journal:	Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie
Volume:	26
Issue:
Pagination:	34–35; pl. 3, fig. 26; pl. 6, figs 76–77

Hippurarctia overlaeti (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Metarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910; synonymized by Ł. Przybyłowicz (2009: 16).

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
Hippurarctia overlaeti Kiriakoff, 1953	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Congo belge, Lualaba, River Lupweshi, x.1939, leg. F. G. Overlaet.
Hippurarctia overlaeti Kiriakoff, 1953	Paratype	♀	RMCA	Paratype 1♀, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Congo belge, Lualaba, River Lupweshi, x.1939, leg. F. G. Overlaet.

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Hippurarctia overlaeti (1)

Hippurarctia overlaeti (2)

Hippurarctia overlaeti (3)

Hippurarctia overlaeti (4)

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