African Moths Gambia


 

Cinabra hyperbius (Westwood, 1881)

Banded Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia hyperbius, Antheraea bracteata, Cinabra gaedei, Cinabra rendalli,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
bivari, bracteata, clementi, commixtus, hyperbius, kitalei, nebularum, rubricundosus, rukwanensis, versicoloris,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Brachystegia spiciformis, Brachystegis venosa, Julbernardia paniculata, Protea, Ekebergia, Berlinia globiflora, Robinia pseudoacacia, Prunus,

Cinabra hyperbius
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Live
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution map
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Photo: K. Wolfe
 
Photo: N. Voaden