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Eilema elegans is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]

Eilema elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Eilema
Species:	E. elegans
Binomial name
Eilema elegans (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
Dyphlebia elegans Butler, 1877 Eilema elegans var. mashonensis Strand, 1922

Subspecies

• Eilema elegans elegans
• Eilema elegans restricta Hampson, 1910 (Zambia)

References

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