African Moths Gambia


 

Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)

Apollo Moth.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia apollinaris, Heniocha paleacea, Bombyx balamoal, Pseudaphelia flavomarginata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
ansorgei, apollinaris, flava, karemii, luteola, roseibrunnea, simplex,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Turraea floribunda, Turraea nilotica, Turraea zambesica, Turraea heterophylla, Combretum,

Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (KE)
Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (TZ)
 
Underside (ZW)
 
Live (TZ)
Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Photo: D. Bygott
 
Photo: B. Wursten
 
Photo: D. Bygott
 
Distribution Map
 
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