African Moths Gambia


     

Bunaeopsis aurantiaca (Rothschild, 1895)

 

SYNONYMS
Bunaeopsis gabonica,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 27
angolana, annabellae, arabella, aurantiaca, birbiri, bomfordi, chromata, clementi, dido, fervida, francottei, hersilia, jacksoni, licharbas, lueboensis, macrophthalma, murphyi, oubie, phidias, princeps, rendalli, saffronica, scheveniana, schloenheiti, terrali, thyene, vau,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Bridelia micrantha,

Bunaeopsis aurantiaca
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Bunaeopsis aurantiaca   Bunaeopsis aurantiaca   Bunaeopsis aurantiaca
Photo: JL. Albert
  Photo: Oxford Museum  
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (GA)
 
Live (CAR)
 
Live (DRC)
Bunaeopsis aurantiaca   Bunaeopsis aurantiaca   Bunaeopsis aurantiaca
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Distribution Map
 
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