African Moths Gambia


     

Amerila bubo, (Walker, 1855)

White Frother.

SYNONYMS
Canopus bubo, Rhodogastria bubo.

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 34
affinis,
aldabrensis, androfusca, bauri, bipartita, brunnea, bubo, caarneola, castanea, femina, fennia,fuscivena, howardi, leucoptera, lineolata, lupia, luteibarba, madagascarensis, magnifica, metasarca, mulleri, nigrivenosa, nigroapicalis, niveivitrea, pannosa, phaedra, puella, roseomarginata, rothi, rufifemur thermochroa, uniformis, vidua, vitrea.

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Erythroxylum coca, Bridelia, Croton, Erythrina, Ficus congensis, Musa sapientum, Coffea, Solanum.

Amerila bubo
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: CHARAXES
 
Photo: C. Mateke
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Uppeside
 
Live
 
Distribution Map
Amerila bubo   Amerila bubo   Map
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: C. Mateke