African Moths Gambia


 

Lobobunaea acetes, (Westwood, 1849)

 

SYNONYMS
Saturnia acetes, Lobobunaea alberici, Lobobunaea leopoldi, Lobobunaea rautenstrauchorum,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 25
acetes, acuta, angasana, ansorgei, doogii, equatorialis, erythrotes, falcatissima, goodii, jokineni, jolyi, kagera, klemettii, keuhnei, lemairei, melanoneura, melichari, niepelti, phaedusa, rosea, saturnus, sorangei, tanganyikae, turlini, vingerhoedti,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Crataegus, Mangifera, Spondias mangifera,

Lobobunaea acetes
Upperside (GA)
 

Upperside (RW)

 

Upperside

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Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: Charaxes

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: JL. Albert
Live (CM)
 

Live (UG)

 

Live (NG)

Lobobunaea acetes
 
Lobobunaea acetes
 
Lobobunaea acetes
Photo A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: P. Waring
 
Photo: A. Ajibade
 
Distribution Map
 
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