African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)

Orange wing.

SYNONYMS
Ophiusa klugii, Heliophisma clugi, Ophisma croceipennis, Ophisma rivularis, Ophisma varians,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 85
albicilia, albifimbria, albitermia, basilewskyi, boris, canuta, catella, catocalina, catocaloides, chrysopera, dasybasis, determinata, durfa, echo, ezea, ezeoides, faber, finita, illustrata, indeterminata, indicabilis, infinita, intercisa, jamesoni, klugii, leucopasa, lienardi, mormoides, oblita, obvia, occidens, oedipodina, praestans, thermopera, trapezoides, violaceofascia, xanthodera, xantheroptera,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Smilax ancceps, Smilax kraussiana, Enicospilus betanimenus,

 

Achaea klugii
Upperside
 
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii
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Photo © JL. Albert
 
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Upperside
 
Upperside )TZ)
 
Upperside (ZW)
Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii
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Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © R. Butler
Underside (GA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (NG)
Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii   Achaea klugii
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Live (CM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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