African Moths Gambia


     

Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

Zaddach's Emporer.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx oubie, Bunaea ferruginea, Nudaurelia oubie, Bunaeopsis afraorientalis, Bunaeopsis zaddachi, Bunaeopsis tanganyikae, Saturnia zaddachii,


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, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Sporobolus, Eucliea, Fagus, Pycreus muricatus, Salix, Heteropogon,

Bunaeopsis oubie
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Bunaeopsis oubie   Bunaeopsis oubie   Bunaeopsis oubie
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Distribution map
 
m   Map   m