African Moths Gambia


     

Hemerophanes libyra (Druce, 1896)

Variegated Vapourer.

SYNONYMS
Heteronygmia flammeola, Hemerophanes flammeola, Dasycampa ianthina, Aroa libyra, Numenes libyra,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
diatoma, enos, hypoxantha, larvata, libyra, litigiosa,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, DRCongo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Combretum, Quisqualis indica,

Hemerophanes libyra
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (ZA)
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Underside (ZA)
 
Live ssp flammeola (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
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Live (NB)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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