Metarctia burra is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in many African countries from Sierra Leone to Somalia down to South Africa.[1]

Metarctia burra
Metarctia burra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Metarctia
Species:
M. burra
Binomial name
Metarctia burra
(Schaus & Clements, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Anace burra Schaus & Clements, 1893
  • Metarctia chryseis (Kiriakoff, 1973)
  • Metarctia hector Kiriakoff, 1959
  • Metarctia sudanica (Kiriakoff, 1973)

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