African Moths Gambia


     

Ovios capensis (Herrich- Schäffer, 1854)

Cream Cake, Sleepy Tiger.

SYNONYMS
Eurydryas capensis, Ovios septentrionis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
capensis, neacles,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Protea,

Ovios capensis
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (KE)
Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Oxford museum
 
Photo: Oxford museum
Upperside
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis   Ovios capensis
Photo: Oxford museum
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: H. Roland
 
Distribution Map
 
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