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''Doratopteryx afra'' is a moth in the
Himantopteridae The Himantopteridae are a family of moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be appro ...
family. It was described by
Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (22 December 1831, in Vienna – 15 January 1897, in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera. Rogenhofer was main ...
in 1884. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.Afro Moths
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Moths described in 1884 Himantopteridae {{Zygaenoidea-stub