Amerila puella

Amerila puella
	Amerila puella rothi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Amerila
Species:	A. puella
Binomial name
	Amerila puella; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Noctua puella Fabricius, 1793; Amerila puella; Rhodogastria carneola Hampson, 1916; Amerila carneola; Rhodogastria carneola nigricornis Debauche, 1938; Amerila invidua Bethune-Baker, 1925 (Manuscript name); Rhodogastria rothi Rothschild, 1910; Amerila rothi; Rhodogastria uniformis Berio, 1935;

Amerila puella is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.^[1]

Subspecies[edit]

Amerila puella puella (Guinea, Principe Island)
Amerila puella carneola (Hampson, 1916) (Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaire and East Africa from Ethiopia to Uganda and Tanzania)
Amerila puella invidua (Bethune-Baker, 1925) (West Africa from Senegal to Ivory Coast)
Amerila puella rothi (Rothschild, 1910) (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, West Africa: southern Nigeria and Cameroon)

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