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Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Erebinae (subfamily)/ Poaphilini (tribe)/ Achaea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1858)
Citation:	Ophisma Echo
Original genus:	Ophisma
Publication:	Walker F. 1858c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIV.– Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	14
Issue:
Pagination:	1374
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39337379

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Achaea echo (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, designated by P. Viette (1990b: 403), NHMUK	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.	Viette P. 1990b. Zur Designation von Lectotypen einiger madagassischer Noctuiden-Arten (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae, Catocalinae). page 1374
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotype 1♂, NHMUK.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan.	Viette P. 1990b. Zur Designation von Lectotypen einiger madagassischer Noctuiden-Arten (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae, Catocalinae). page 1374

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Burundi		page RMCA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Eritrea		page MSNM
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Eswatini		page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Ethiopia		page P. Basquin
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Ghana		Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 299 (as mariaca)
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Kenya		page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Madagascar		Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 237
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Namibia		Kopij G. 2025. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia III: Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. page 14
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Nigeria		Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. page 515
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Réunion		Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). page 16
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Sierra Leone		Walker F. 1858c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIV.– Noctuidae. page 1374
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Limpopo	page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 216
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Gauteng	page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	page TMSA
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	South Africa		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 337
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Tanzania		page NHMO
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Zimbabwe		Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page 337

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Begonia rex	Begoniaceae	Madagascar	Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 237
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Eugenia cordata	Myrtaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 79
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Panicum sp.	Poaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 216
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Psidium guajava	Myrtaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 190
Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)	Sclerocroton integerrimus	Euphorbiaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 79 (as Excoecaria)