Amerila puella

Amerila puella

Amerila puella rothi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. puella
Binomial name
*Amerila puella* (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Noctua puella Fabricius, 1793 Amerila puella Rhodogastria carneola Hampson, 1916 Amerila carneola Rhodogastria carneola nigricornis Debauche, 1938 Amerila invidua Bethune-Baker, 1925 (Manuscript name) Rhodogastria rothi Rothschild, 1910 Amerila rothi Rhodogastria uniformis Berio, 1935

Amerila puella is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.^[1]

Subspecies

Amerila puella puella (Guinea, Principe Island)
Amerila puella carneola (Hampson, 1916) (Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaire and East Africa from Ethiopia to Uganda and Tanzania)
Amerila puella invidua (Bethune-Baker, 1925) (West Africa from Senegal to Ivory Coast)
Amerila puella rothi (Rothschild, 1910) (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, West Africa: southern Nigeria and Cameroon)

References

↑ Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Afrotropics

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