African Moths Gambia


     

Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)

Superb False Tiger.

SYNONYMS
Eusemia superba, Xanthospilopteryx basalifasciata, Eusemia interniplaga, Xamthospilopteryx superba, Eusemia incongruens, Heraclia maculipenis, Xanthospilopteryx maculipes, Xanthospilopteryx smithii, Xanthospilopteryx tanganikana,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 50
abacata, aemulatrix, africana, aisha, annulata, atrifusa, atriventralis, aurantiaca, aurea, buchholzi, butleri, catori, contigua, deficiens, durbania, elongata, fatima, flavipennis, flavisignata, geryon, gruenbergi, hornimani, houyjensis, hypercompoides, interniplaga, jacksoni, jugans, karschii, kivuensis, limbomaculata, lomata, longipennis, medeba, monslunensis, mozambica, nandi, nigridorsa, nobela, pallida, pampata, pardalina, pentella, perdix, poggei, superba, terminatis, thruppi, viettei, xanthopyga, zenkeri,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Burundi, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vitis vinifera, Cissus cirrhora, Cyphostemma cirrhosum, Pentas bussei,

Heraclia superba
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
  Heraclia superba   Heraclia superba
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
Heraclia superba   Heraclia superba   Map
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo J.Young