Amerila madagascariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Amerila
Species:
A. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Amerila madagascariensis
(Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Chelonia madagascariensis Boisduval, 1847
  • Rhodogastria madagascariensis
  • Aganais vitripennis Blanchard, 1849
  • Amblythyris radama Mabille, 1879

Amerila madagascariensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Amerila madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1847)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  • Blanchard, C.E., 1849: [Ins. Lep.]. In: d'Orbigny, A.D. Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle Atlas 2: 19, pl. 13.
  • Boisduval, J.B.A.D., 1847: Catalogue des lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue peudaut les années 1838-1844 à Port-Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. p. 585-602. In: Delegorgue, A. Voyage dans l'Afrique australi II: 624 pp., Paris.
  • Häuser, Ch. L. & Boppre, M., 1997: A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the genus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Systematic Entomology 22 (1): 1-44.
  • Mabille, P., 1879: Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novæ. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique (7) 3: 132-143, Paris.


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