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Amerila phaedra is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Weymer in 1892. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[1]

Amerila phaedra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. phaedra
Binomial name
Amerila phaedra Weymer, 1892
Synonyms
Rhodogastria phaedra Rhodogastria subleucoptera Strand, 1911 Rhdogastria orientis Muller, 1980 (nomen nudum)

References

• 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.
• Muller, S., 1980: Some Afrotropical moths placed in the genera Diacrisia and Rhodogastria (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). – Amsterdam: Biologisch Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, 1980: 1-190.
• Strand, E., 1911 Neue Gattungen und Arten afrikanischer Heterocera (Lep.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911: 584-591.
• Weymer, G., 1892: Exotische Lepidopteren VI. (Aus dem afrikanischen Faunengebiet.). Entomologische Zeitung herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin 53 (4-6): 79-125.

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