African Moths Gambia


     

Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)

 

SYNONYMS
Papilio helcita, Phalaena fascelis, Papilio heliconius fuscofasciatus, Phalaena macularia, Phalaena geometra helcitaria, Aletis druryi, Aletis rubricaput, Scopula helcita,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
erici, helcita, vicina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Oxyanthus unilocularis, Blighia unijugata,

Aletis helcita
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside
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Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Live (GH)
 
Live (NG)
 
Distribution map
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