African Moths Gambia


 

Usta terpsichore (Maassen, 1885)

Cavorting Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Heniocha terpsichore, Heniocha abyssinica, Usta yaere,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
alba, angulata, arabica, subangulata, terpischore, wallengrenii,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Chad, DRCongo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzannia, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Commiphora caryaefolia, Commiphora woodii, Sclerocarya caffra, Sclerocarya birrea, Melia azedarach, Schinus molle,

Usta terpsichore
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution map
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Photo: S. Freestone
 
Photo: H. Roland