African Moths Gambia


 

Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)

White Ringed Atlas.

SYNONYMS
Saturnia mythimnia, Epiphora scribonia,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 54
acuta, aequatorialis, albidus, antinorii, bauhiniae, bedoci, berliozi, boolana, boursini, brunnea, cadioui, congolana, cotei, elianae, eugeniae, feae, gabonensis, getula, hassoni, imperator, intermedia, kipengerensis, leae, lecerfi, lineata, lugardi, macedoi, macrops, magdalena, manowensis, marginimacula, mineti, modesta, murphyi, mythimnia, newporti, nubilosa, oberprieleri, pelosoma, perspicuus, ploetzi, pygmaea, rectifascia, rotunda, rufa, testenoirei, testouti, torquata, vacuna, vacunoides, vicina, victoria, werneri, weymeri,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Croton sylvaticus, Croton gratissimus, Zizyphus mauritaina, Zizyphus mucronata, Helinus integrifolius, Helinus ovatus, Fernandoa magnifica, Frangula alnus,

Epiphora mythimnia
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: R. Butler
Larva (ZA)
 
Live
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo: L. Dorfling
 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo D. Van der Walt
 
Photo: H. Roland