African Moths Gambia


 

Heniocha apollonia (Cramer, 1779)

Southern Marbled Emporer.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx apollonia,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
apollonia, bioculata, digennaroi, distincta, dyops, hassoni, marnois, pudorosa, vingerhoedti,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia mollissima, Acacia karroo, Acacia mearnsii,

Heniocha apollonia
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
  Photo: Oxford Museum  
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
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