Amerila timolis, or Timolis' frother, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1914. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Amerila |
| Species: | A. timolis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914)
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Subspecies
edit- Amerila timolis timolis (Australia: Queensland)
- Amerila timolis papuana (Rothschild, 1914) (Papua New Guinea, Vulcan Island: Manam)[2]
References
edit- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 June 2018). "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) Timolis' Frother". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ De Vos, Rob. "Amerila timolis (Rothschild, 1914) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- Rothschild, W. (1914). "Arctiidae, subfamilie Arctiinae". In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 10: 236-263, Taf. 13, 19-30, Alfred Kernen: Stuttgart.
- Turner, A. J. (1915). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 27: 11-57, Brisbane.
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