Eyralpenus scioana, Oberthur, 1880

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 287

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scientific name	Eyralpenus scioana
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Eyralpenus scioana View in CoL (Oberth̡r, 1880)

COMMON NAME(S): Tiger Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892 ; Diacrisia multipicta Strand, 1921 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Mwinilunga, in Northwestern Province; Ndola, in Copperbelt Province; Petauke, in b n4e; Mpika , in Muchinga Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Ipomoea species (Convolvulaceae).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Ķhne 2008.