African Moths Gambia


     

Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)

Pearly King.

SYNONYMS
Sylepta ovialis, Antigastra cinnamomalis, Syllepte serei, Syllepte aburalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 63
achromalis, albopunctum, amelialis, argillosa, atrisquamalis, attenualis, aureotinctalis, bitjecola, brunneiterminalis, butlerii, christophalis, dentilinea, desmialis, disciselenalis, erebarcha, fulviceps, glebalis, guilboti, hemichionalis, holochralis, hyalescens, kenrickalis, lagoalis, lanatalis, leonalis, maculilinealis, mahafalalis, malgassanalis, melanomma, melanopalis, mesoleucalis, microstictalis, nasonalis, neurogramma, nyanzana, orbiferalis, ovialis, parvipuncta, patagialis, penthodes, posticalis, purpurascens, retractalis, rogationis, rubrifucalis, sakarahalis, sarronalis, secreta, semilugens, straminea, stumpffalis, subcyaneoalba, sulphureotincta, thomealis, torsipex, trifidalis, tumidipes, undulalis, vagans, violacealis, vohilavalis, xanthothorax, xylocraspis,



DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cassia fistula, Vitis vinifera,

Syllepte ovialis
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (GM)
Syllepte ovialis     Syllepte ovialis
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Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside female (GM)
 
Underside Male (GM)
Syllepte ovialis   Syllepte ovialis   Syllepte ovialis
Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Live (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
Syllepte ovialis   Syllepte ovialis   Map
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