Amerila puella

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amerila

Similar Amerila, Nyctemera, Cyana, Estigmene, Acontia

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.

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)

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