Metarctia paremphares is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and possibly South Africa.[1]

Metarctia paremphares
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. paremphares
Binomial name
Metarctia paremphares
Holland, 1893
Synonyms
  • Metarctia capricornis Kiriakoff, 1957
  • Metarctia orientalis Kiriakoff, 1956

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.