Hippurarctia taymansi

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Hippurarctia taymansi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hippurarctia
Species:
H. taymansi
Binomial name
Hippurarctia taymansi
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Metarctia taymansiRothschild, 1910
  • Hippurarctia taymansi septentrionalisKiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia taymansi f. kamitugensisDufrane, 1945
  • Metarctia taymansi ab. obscuraDufrane, 1945

Hippurarctia taymansi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo [1] and Cameroon. [2]

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References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. "African Moths". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.