Amerila vitrea

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, Polyptychus, Nyctemera, Cyana, Estigmene

Amerila vitrea is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It was described by Plötz in 1880. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Subspecies

Amerila vitrea vitrea

Amerila vitrea saalmuelleri (Rothschild, 1911) (the Comoros and Madagascar)

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