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Argema mimosae (Boisduval 1847)

African Lunar Moth.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia mimosae, Argema bouvieri, Argema elucidata, Argema occidentalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
besanti, fournieri, kuhnei, mimosae, mittrei,

 

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

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Sclerocarya caffra, Sclerocarya birrea, Commiphora mollis, Spirostachys africana, Eucalyptus, Excoecaria africana, Juglans regia, Liquidambar, Malosma laurina,

Argema mimosae
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Eggs (ZA)
Argema mimosae   Argema mimosae   Argema mimosae
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
Larva
 
Live
 
Live
Argema mimosae   Argema mimosae   Argema mimosae
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
 
Photo: D. Plowes
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution map
Argema mimosae     Map
Photo: H. Roland