African Moths Gambia


     

Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)

 

SYNONYMS
Saturnia hersilia, Bunaeopsis ansorgei, Bunaeopsis elisa, Bunaeopsis fenestricatula, Bunaeopsis hersilioides, Bunaeopsis nigericola, Bunaeopsis pagei, Bunaeopsis rendaliana,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 27
angolana, annabellae, arabella, aurantiaca, birbiri, bomfordi, chromata, clementi, dido, fervida, francottei, hersilia, jacksoni, licharbas, lueboensis, macrophthalma, murphyi, oubie, phidias, princeps, rendalli, saffronica, scheveniana, schloenheiti, terrali, thyene, vau,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Benin. Cameroon, Chad, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Pennisetum purpureum, Annona senegalensis, Chrysophyllum, Englerophytum, Hyparrhenia bracteata, Irvingia,

Bunaeopsis hersillia
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Bunaeopsis hersillia   Bunaeopsis hersillia   Bunaeopsis hersillia
Photo: Oxford Museum
  Photo: Oxford Museum  
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
 
Distribution Map
Bunaeopsis hersillia   m   map
Photo: Oxford Museum