African Moths Gambia


     

Zebronia phenice, (Cramer, 1710)

Zebra Pyrale.

 

SYNONYMS
Zebronia foederalis, Zebronia lathurusalis, Spilomela podalivialis, Spilomela trivirgalis, Phalaena phenice, Zebronia botydis, Phakellura imparivirgalis, Zebronia perspicalis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
mahensis, phenice, virginalis,

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ziziphus mauritiana, Spathodea campanulata, Tecoma stans, Stentaphrum, Gossypium, Kigelia aethiopica, Kigelia moosa, Markhamia platycalyx, Risinus communis, Stereospermum, spathodea nilotica, Tabebuia pallida,

 

Zebronia phenice
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside - aberration
 
Underside
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Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Larva
 
Pupa
  Live
Zebronia phenice
 
Zebronia phenice
 
Zebronia phenice
 
 
Photo: H. Roland
Live
 
Live
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: J. Erskine
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet