African Moths Gambia


 

Heraclia butleri (Walker, 1869)

Butler's False Tiger.

SYNONYMS
Eusemia butleri, Xanthospilopteryx butleri,

 

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
DRCongo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vitis vinifera,

Heraclia butleri
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside (ZW)
Heraclia butleri   Heraclia butleri   Heraclia butleri
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Type
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (DRC)
Heraclia butleri   Heraclia butleri   Heraclia butleri
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Distribution Map
 
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