Amerila puella explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://fen.nsu.ru/~vvdubat/Arctiidae/ArctiinaeAfrotropics.html Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) of the Afrotropics