Afrowatsonius is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Aloa marginalis Walker, 1855
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Species
edit- Afrowatsonius burgeoni (Talbot, 1928)
- Afrowatsonius fulvomarginalis (Wichgraf, 1921)
- Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
- Afrowatsonius spilleri (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Afrowatsonius sudanicus (Rothschild, 1933)
References
edit- Dubatolov, V.V., 2006: New genera and species of Arctiinae from the Afrotropical fauna (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae. Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo 27 (3): 139-152.
- Freina J.J. de, 2010: Beitrag zur afrotropische Arctiidaefauna: Bemerkungen und Korrekturen zum Artenspektrum der Genera Creatonotos Hübner, [1819], Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006 und Dubatolovia gen. n. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo 31 (1/2): 1-8.
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