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Taxonomy
Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
Nomenclature
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Tribe: "Polyptychus genus-group"Genus: Andriasa
Species:
Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856
Usage:
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Reference:
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ No locality given (coll. Milne) [NHMUK].
Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 714, stated that the type locality was "Natal" but the source of this conjecture is not known and it may be spurious.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Polyptychus by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 235 (key), 257. Transferred back to Andriasa by Carcasson, 1968, Jl E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. natn. Mus. 26 (3): 32.