African Moths Gambia


 

Urota sinope (Westwood, 1849)

Tailed Emporer.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia sinope, Urota flavobrunnea,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
cantralis, conjuncta, herbuloti, koupensis, manicaensis, melichari, nguruensis, sinope, ulembwensis, zambiensis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Sclerocarya caffra, Erythina abyssinica, Erythrina lysistemon, Erythrina caffra, Erythrina tomentosa, Eucalyptus, Laburnum, Robinia pseudoacacia,

Urota sinope
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Charaxes
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside
 
Live (ML)
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Photo: Charaxes
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: T. Bishop
 
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