African Moths Gambia


     

Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Red Tail.

SYNONYMS
Enmonodia capensis, Enmonodia endoxantha, Hypopyra hampsoni, Enmonodia occidentalis, Enmonodia plumbefusa, Enmonodia pulverulenta,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
africana, allardi, capensis, carneotincta, guttata, malgassica, rufescens,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia sassa, Albiza adianthifolia,

Hypopyra capensis
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Photo © Charaxes
 
Photo © JL. Albert
 
Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Underside (GA)
 
Live (CM)
 
Live (GM)
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Photo © A. Guyonnet
 
Photo © R. Goff
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo © H. Roland