African Moths Gambia


 

Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847)

Apollo Moth.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia apollinaris, Heniocha paleacea, Bombyx balamoal, Pseudaphelia flavomarginata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
ansorgei, apollinaris, flava, karemii, luteola, roseibrunnea, simplex,

 

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

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Turraea floribunda, Turraea nilotica, Turraea zambesica, Turraea heterophylla, Combretum,

Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Upperside
  
Upperside
  
Upperside (KE)
Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Photo: Oxford Museum
  

Photo: Oxford Museum

  
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (TZ)
  
Underside (ZW)
  
Live (TZ)
Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Photo: D. Bygott
 
Photo: B. Wursten
  
Photo: D. Bygott
 
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