Lepidokirbyia Travassos, 1943

Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 211

Genus Lepidokirbyia Travassos, 1943

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Lepidokirbyia Travassos, 1943: 463 .

Arara Walker, 1855a: 641 . — Type species: Arara vittipes Walker, 1855 . Junior homonym of Arara Spix, 1824 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Arara vittipes Walker, 1855 , by original designation. Lepidokirbyia is the objective replacement name for Arara Walker, 1855 .

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FIG. 5. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Coiffaitarctia steniptera (Hampson, 1905), lectotype male, French Guiana, Saint Jean du Maroni (USNM);B, Trichromia onytes (Cramer, [1777]), French Guiana (coll. M. L.); C, Rhipha strigosa (Walker, 1854), holotype male, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (BMNH); D, Sutonocrea lobifer (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]), syntype male, South America (MLUH); E, Cratoplastis diluta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Amazonas (BMNH); F, Gorgonidia garleppi (Druce, 1898), lectotype female, Bolivia (BMNH); G, Disconeura drucei (Rothschild, 1922), holotype female, Peru, Junin (BMNH); H, Lepidokirbyia vittipes vittipes (Walker, 1855), holotype male, Brazil, Santarém (BMNH). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.