African Moths Gambia


 

Pseudobunaea irius (Fabricius, 1793)

Poplar Emporer.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx irius, Pseudobunaea bispecularis, Pseudobunaea bruneli, Pseudibunaea cremeri, Pseudobunaea immaculata, Pseudobunaea inornata, Pseudobunaea melinde, Pseudobunaea redlichi, Bunaea patruelis, Pseudobunaea meloui,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 31
alinda, bjornstadi, bondwana, bungaensis, callista, claryi, cyrene, deaconi, elucida, epithyrena, geita, heyeri, illustris, irius, iyayiensis, kidugalensis, kituloensis, kiyamyulwa, latafenestrata, magingoensis, mbiziana, megane, miriakambana, montuosa, mwangomoi, natalensis, pallens, paratyrrhena, santini, sjostedti, tyrrhena,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Bauhinia reticulata, berlinia globiflora, Pinus patula, Populus deltoides, Brachystegis spiciformis, Julbernardia paniculata, Uapaca nitida, Pterocarpus delevoyi, Pterocarpus tinctorius,

Pseudobunaea irius
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: C. Mateke

 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside (GM)
Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius
 
Photo: R. butler
 
Underside (GM)
 
Larva
 
Live (DRC)
Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius   Pseudobunaea irius
 
Photo: K. Wolfe
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live
 
 
Distribution map
Pseudobunaea irius     Map
Photo: K. Wolfe