Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Syntomini (tribe)/  Thyretina (subtribe)/  Thyretes (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1983
Citation:	Thyretes buettikeri n. sp.
Original genus:	Thyretes
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3).
Journal:	Fauna of Saudi Arabia
Volume:	5
Issue:
Pagination:	296–297, fig. 1a; pl. 1, fig. 1

Thyretes buettikeri (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Most probably conspecific with Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878 (see Ł. Przybyłowicz 2009: 102, and J. J. de Freina 2024: 225).

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
Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983	Holotype	♂	NHMB	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 139♂, NHMB.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Feyfa, 1240 m, 23.ix.1981, leg. W. Büttiker.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3). page 297
Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 272

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Thyretes buettikeri Wiltshire, 1983	Undefined Grasses	Undefined		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 147

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Thyretes buettikeri (1)

Thyretes buettikeri (2)

Thyretes buettikeri (3)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination