African Moths Gambia


     

Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865

White Chain.

SYNONYMS
Asymbata roseiventris, Calesia sambesita,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
arhoda, caputrubrum, cryptoleuca, fulviceps, karschi, marginata, nigriannulata, nigriventris, othello, phaiosoma, xanthognatha, zambesita,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Dyschorista thunbergiiflora, Thunbergia erecta,

 

Calesia zambesita
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (SO)
Calesia zambesita   Calesia zambesita   Calesia zambesita
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Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Live (ZA)
Calesia zambesita   Calesia zambesita   Calesia zambesita
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Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
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