''Eulepidotis metalligera'' is a moth of the family

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first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Neotropics, including

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, Peru and the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

References

Moths described in 1879 metalligera {{Eulepidotinae-stub