African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea echo (Walker, 1855)

Echo.

SYNONYMS
Ophisma echo. Achaea mariaca,

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, leinardi, mormoides, oblita, obvia, occidens, oedipodina, praestans, thermopera, trapezoides, violaceofascia, xanthodera, xantheroptera,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Ghana. Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Excoecaria reticulata, Syzygium cordatum, Panicum, Citrus, Eugenia cordata, Psidium guajava,

Achaea echo
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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