African Moths Gambia


     

Ludia delegorguei (Boisduval, 1847)

Delegorgue's Prince.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia delegorguei,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 16
arguta, arida, corticea, delegorguei, dentata, goniata, hansali, jordani, murphyi, nyassana, obscura, orinoptena, pseudovetusta, rierketi, tessmanni, vetusta,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Senecio deltoideus, Microglossa mespilioides, Vernonia natalensis, Vernonia oligocephala, Brachylaena discolor. Brachylaena rotundata, Tachonanthus camphoratus,

Ludia delegorguei
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Live (ZW)
 
Live (UG)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo B. Wursten
 
Photo: P. Waring
Live (NA)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution map
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden