African Moths Gambia


     

Zerenopsis lepida (Walker, 1854)

 

SYNONYMS
Deiopeia lepida, Zerenopsis leopardina,


SPECIES IN GENUS :-8
costimaculata, flavimaculata, geometrina, kedar, lepida, meraca, moi, tenuis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Mozambique, South Africa, Swazliand, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Maesa alnifolia, Apodytes dimidiata, Carissa macrocarpa, Stangeria erioous, Encephalartos transvenosus, Encephalartos arenarius, Encehpalartos caffer, Encephalartos cycadifolius, Encephalartos cupidus, Encephalartos fridericiguillelmi, Encephalartos altensteinii, Cycas revoluta, Cycas thouarsii, Cycas sircinalis, Diospyros lycioides, Dioon,

Zerenopsis lepida
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
Zerenopsis lepida   Zerenopsis lepida   Zerenopsis lepida
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside
Zerenopsis lepida   Zerenopsis lepida   Zerenopsis lepida
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Zerenopsis kedar   Zerenopsis lepida   Zerenopsis lepida
Photo © Q. Grobler
 
Photo © B. Schlosser
 
Photo © B. Schlosser
 
Distribution Map
 
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