African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea violaceofascia, (Saalmüller, 1891)

 

SYNONYMS
Dysgonia violaceofascia, Achaea immunda, Achaea richardi, Achaea seychellarum, Achaea mercatoria,

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
Burkina Faso, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

 

Achaea violaceofascia
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (SC)
 
Underside
Achaea violaceofascia   Achaea violaceofascia   Achaea violaceofascia
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Live (RE)
 
 
Distribution Map
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