African Moths Gambia


     

Bunaea alcinoe (Stoll, 1870)

Common Emporer.

SYNONYMS
Attacus alcinoe, Imbrasia alcinoe, Thyella nyctalops, Thyella punctigera, Bunaea alberici, Bunaea alcinoina, Bunaea atlantica, Bunaea barbertonia, Bunaea caffra, Bunaea debeeri, Bunaea durbania, Bunaea katangensis, Bunaea nubica, Bunaea tricolor, Bunaea zanguebarica,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
alcinoe, aslauga, oremansi, vulpes,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Benin, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Celtis africana, Celtis kraussiana, Bauhinia reticulata, Croton, Cussonia spicata, Ekebergia ruepellii, Ekebergia mayeri, Gymnospora senegalensis, Khaya anthotheca, Khaya grandifolia, Harpephyllum caffrum, Terminalia catappa, Maesa lanceolata, Sapium ellipticum, Persea americana, Anthocleista schweinfurthii, Piper umbellatum, Schinus molle, Crossopteryx febrifuga, Dacryodes edulis, Mangifera indica, Acacia auriculiformis, Sarcocephalus latifolius,

Bunaea alcinoe
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Bunaea alcinoe   Bunaea alcinoe   Bunaea alcinoe
Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside ssp caffra
 
Upperside ssp caffra
Bunaea alcinoe   Bunaea alcinoe   Bunaea alcinoe
Photo: R. Butler
Underside (GA)
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Larva
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Larva (DRC)
Bunaea alcinoe
  Bunaea alcinoe   Bunaea alcinoe
Photo: JL. Albert
Larva (DRC)
 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
Live
 
Photo: P. Latham
Live
Bunaea alcinoe
 
Bunaea alcinoe
 
Bunaea alcinoe
Photo: P. Latham

 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
Distribution Map
 
Photo: D. Nelles

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