African Moths Gambia


     

Argema mittrei (Guérin - Méneville, 1847)

Madagascan Moon Moth.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx mittrei, Argema cometes, Argema idea, Argema madagascariensis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
besanti, fournieri, kuhnei, mimosae, mittrei,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Madagascar,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Eugenia emirnensis, Malosma laurina, Mimosa, Rhus copallinum, Rhus typhina, Schinus molle, Schinus terebinthifolius, Toxicodendron pubescens, Uapaca, Weinmannia eriocampa,

Argema mittrei
Upperside
 
Larva
 
Live Male
Argema mittrei   Argema mittrei   Argema mittrei
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Kirby Wolfe

 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
Live Female
 
 
Distribution map
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Photo: Kirby Wolfe