Arctia allardi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1911. It is found in China (Sichuan, Qinghai, and eastern Tibet).[1][2]

Arctia allardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. allardi
Binomial name
Arctia allardi
(Oberthür, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Preparctia allardi (Oberthür, 1911)
  • Chelonia allardi Oberthür, 1911

The species of the genus Preparctia , including this one, were moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Arctia allardi allardi
  • Arctia allardi tibetica Dubatolov, Kishida & C.S. Wu, 2005 (China: Tibet)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia allardi (Oberthür, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  3. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.