African Moths Gambia


 

Heraclia africana (Butler, 1875)

African False Tiger.

SYNONYMS
Eusemia africana, Xanthospilopteryx fatima, Xanthospilopteryx africana, Eusemia meretrix,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 50
abacata, aemulatrix, africana, aisha, annulata, atrifusa, atriventralis, aurantiaca, aurea, buchholzi, butleri, catori, contigua, deficiens, durbania, elongata, fatima, flavipennis, flavisignata, geryon, gruenbergi, hornimani, houyjensis, hypercompoides, interniplaga, jacksoni, jugans, karschii, kivuensis, limbomaculata, lomata, longipennis, medeba, monslunensis, mozambica, nandi, nigridorsa, nobela, pallida, pampata, pardalina, pentella, perdix, poggei, superba, terminatis, thruppi, viettei, xanthopyga, zenkeri,

 

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

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cissus cirrhora, Cyphostemma cirrhosum, Rhoicissus tridentata,

Heraclia africana
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Type (ZA)
Heraclia africana   Heraclia africana   Heraclia africana
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Heraclia africana   Heraclia africana   Heraclia africana
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: J. Heyns
 
Photo: J. Heyns
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
    Map
Photo: C. Krog