African Moths Gambia


 

Cirina forda (Westwood, 1849)

Pallid Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Sculua invenusta, Citrina similis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
forda,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burundi, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Albizia versicolor, Burkea, Carissa grandif;ora, Carissa edulis, Ekebergia meyeri, Ozoroa mucronata, Erythrophloeum guineense, Euclea undulata, Hippobromus pauciflora, Pappea capensis, Protorhus longifolia, Schinus molle, Sideroxylon inerme, Schotia apeciosa, Acacia nilotica, Warburgia, Crossopteryx febrifuga,

Cirina forda
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (CM)
 
Larva (ZW)
 
Live (CM)
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Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo B. Wursten
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
Live (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution map
Cirina forda   Cirina forda   map
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: N. Voaden