African Moths Gambia


 

Melanocera menippe, (Westwood, 1849)

Chestnut Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia menippe, Antheraea menippe fumosa, Melanocera transiens, Melanocera habenichti,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 8
dargei, menippe, nereis, parva, pinheyi, pujoli, sufferti, widenti,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus cordata, Ochna atropurpurea, Acacia mearnsi, Bauhinia galpini,

Melanocera menippe
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Larva
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: K. Wolfe
Larva (ZA)
 
Live
 
Distribution map
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: K. Wolfe