African Moths Gambia


     

Holocerina smilax (Westwood, 1849)

Variable Prince.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia smilax,



SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
agomensis, angulata, digennariana, intermedia, istsariensis, menieri, murphyi, occidentalis, orientalis, rhodesiensis, rougeoti, smilax,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ekebergia meyeri, Ekebergia capensis, Ligustrum, Protorhus longifolia, Rhus laevigata, Rhus villosa, Jasmium pubigerum, Quercus robor, Psidium guajava, Malus sylvestris, Pinus patula,

Holocerina smilax
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
Holocerina smilax   Holocerina smilax   Holocerina smilax
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Larva
Holocerina smilax   Holocerina smilax   Holocerina smilax
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: K. Wolfe
Live
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution map
Holocerina smilax   Holocerina smilax   Map
Photo: K. Wolfe
 
Photo: H. Roland