African Moths Gambia


     

Athletes gigas (Sonthonnax, 1899)

 

SYNONYMS
Athletes steindachneri,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
albicans, ethra, gigas, nyansae, semialba,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, DRCongo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Julbernardia paniculata, Acacia xanthophloea, berlinia globiflora, Brachystegis spiciformis,

Athletes gigas
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Live (DRC)
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Photo: Oxford Museum

  Photo: Oxford Museum  
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Distribution Map
 
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