African Moths Gambia


     

Aurivillius aratus (Westwood, 1849)

Cat's Eyed Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia arata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 20
aratus, bisinflectus, cadioui, curiosus, divaricatus, diversus, drumonti, fuscus, haszprunari, horsini, jolyanorum, lucidus, oberthueri, orientalis, propinquus, schoenitzeri, seydeli, triramis, xerophilus, zambianus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Albizia gummifera, Albizia fastigiata, Parkia biglobosa, Peltophorum africanum, Piptadenia buchanani, Acacia baileyana, Acacia sassa, Psidium guajava, Ricinus communis,

aurivillius aratus
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (SL)
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Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Underside (GA)
 
Underside (SL)
 
Larva
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Photo: JL. Albert
 
 
Photo: K. Wolfe
Live
 
Live
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: K. Wolfe