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Cartaletis libyssa (Hopffer, 1857)

Monarch Looper.

SYNONYMS
Aletis libyssa, Aletis monteironis, Cartaletis entebbena, Cartaletis fusciventris, Cartaletis latisfasciata, Cartaletis nigriventris,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
concolor, dargei, forbesi, gracilis, libyssa, melanopis, nigricosta, sapor, tenuimargo, variabilis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Oxyanthus monteiroi, Oxyanthus speciosus, Randia axillare,

Upperside (ZA)		Upperside		Upperside (KE)
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff		Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff		Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Upperside ssp monteironis (ZW)		Upperside ssp montieronis		Upperside ssp montieronis (ZM)
Photo © R. Butler		Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff		Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Live montieronis (ZA)				Distribution map
Photo © M. Neynes