African Moths Gambia


     

Syllepte ovialis, (Walker, 1859)

Pearly King.

SYNONYMS
Sylepta ovialis, Antigastra cinnamomalis, Syllepte serei, Syllepte aburalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 63
achromalis, albopunctum, amelialis, argillosa, atrisquamalis, attenualis, aureotinctalis, bitjecola, brunneiterminalis, butlerii, christophalis, dentilinea, desmialis, diniasalis, disciselenalis, erebarcha, fulviceps, glebalis, guilboti, holochralis, hyalescens, kenrickalis, lagoalis, lanatalis, leonalis, maculilinealis, mahafalalis, malgassanalis, melanomma, melanopalis, mesoleucalis, microstictalis, nasonalis, neurogramma, nyanzana, orbiferalis, ovialis, parvipuncta, patagialis, penthodes, posticalis, purpurascens, retractalis, rogationalis, rubrifucalis, sakarahalis, sarronalis, secreta, semilugens, straminea, stumpffalis, subcyaneoalba, sulphureotincta, thomealis, torsipex, trifidalis, tumidipes, undulalis, violacealis, vohilavalis, xanthothorax, xylocraspis,



DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cassia fistula, Vitis vinifera,

Syllepte ovialis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Upperside
 
Underside female
 
Underside Male
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Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Live
 
Live
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden