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Andriasa contraria towadeus (Gehlen, 1935)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Andriasa (genus)/  Andriasa contraria (species)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Andriasa contraria suffusa
Authorship:(Gehlen, 1935)
Citation:Polyptychus towadeus sp. nova
Original genus:Polyptychus
Publication:Gehlen B. 1935. Neue afrikanische Sphingiden.
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:49
Issue:2
Pagination:12–13
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Andriasa contraria towadeus (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Andriasa contraria suffusa Walker, 1869; synonymized by I. J. Kitching et al. (2018).

Kitching I. J., Rougerie R., Zwick, A., Hamilton C. A., St Laurent R. A., Naumann S., Ballesteros Mejia L. & Kawahara A. Y. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Andriasa contraria towadeus (Gehlen, 1935) Holotype ♀ MfN Holotype ♀, MfN. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the [Democratic Republic of Congo, Katanga], Congo, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi], v.1934, leg. Ch. Seydel.
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