African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858

 

SYNONYMS
Achaea mania, Achaea schultzei,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 85
albicilia, albifimbria, albitermia, basilewskyi, boris, canuta, catella, catocalina, catocaloides, chrysopera, dasybasis, determinata, durfa, echo, ezea, ezeoides, faber, finita, illustrata, indeterminata, indicabilis, infinita, intercisa, jamesoni, klugii, leucopasa, lienardi, mormoides, oblita, obvia, occidens, oedipodina, praestans, thermopera, trapezoides, violaceofascia, xanthodera, xantheroptera,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Citrus, Glycine max, Ricinus communis,

 

 

Achaea mormoides
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Distribution Map
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