African Moths Gambia


     

Caligatus angasii Wing, 1850

Venus Turntail.

 

SYNONYMS
Gamoruna aemula, Pacidara venutissima,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
angasii, dinota, splendissima,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Anacardium occidentale, Protorhus longifolia, Harpephyllum caffrum, Rhus longifolia,

Caligatus angasii
Upperside male (CG)
 
Upperside male
 
Upperside female (CG)
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Upperside female
 
Upperside female (GA)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Underside (CM)
  Underside (GA)   Live (LR)
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Live (NG)
 
Live (CM)
 
Distribution Map
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