African Moths Gambia


 

Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878)

 

SYNONYMS
Gonimbrasia obscura, Imbrasia hebe, Bunaea mopa,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
afzelii, allardi, butyospermi, epimethea, ertli, longicaudata, obscura, orientalis, senegalensis, truncata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Pentaclethra macrophylla, Macaranga monandra, Albizia ferruginea, Acacia auriculiformis, Canarium schweinfurthii,

Imbrasia obscura
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura
Photo: JL. Albert
  Photo: JL. Albert  
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (GA)
 
Eggs (DRC)
 
Larva (DRC)
Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: P. Latham
 
Photo: P. Latham
Live (DRC)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
Imbrasia obscura   Imbrasia obscura   map
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: N. Voaden