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Lophotavia pulcherrima

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Lophotavia pulcherrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lophotavia
Species:
L. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Lophotavia pulcherrima
(Holland, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Homoptera pulcherrima Holland, 1894
  • Speiredonia prunicolora Hampson, 1910
  • Lophotavia prunicolora (Hampson, 1910)

Lophotavia pulcherrima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1894.[1]

Distribution

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It is found in Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Zambia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lophotavia pulcherrima​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lophotavia pulcherrima (Holland, 1894)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 22, 2020.