Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also refered to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire, was established as a Belgian colony in 1908 and gained its independence in 1960.

Located in Central Africa, northeast of Angola, DR Congo is slightly less than one-fourth the size of the United States.

The country straddles the equator and has a very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is the only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean.

There is a dense tropical rain forest in the central river basin, a low lying plateau, and the climate is generally hot and humid, a bit cooler and drier in the eastern highlands and in the mountainous southeast.

North of the Equator, the wet season runs from April to October, and the dry season stretches from December to February. South of the Equator, the months from November to March are wet, and the months of April to October are dry.

DR Congo is divided into ten provinces and one city* (ville): Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu.

Many thanks to Thierry Bouyer who provided me (May 2006) with an extensive checklist for Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those species marked with xx are not on Thierry's list and I need to get clarification before removing them. They probably are not valid species or may be synonyms for other species.

Micragoni Adafroptilum incana PDxx Carnegia mirabilis WO/TB Decachorda bouvieri TB Decachorda congolana TB Decachorda rosea WO/TB Decachorda seydeli TB Decachorda sp. TB Decachorda fulvia (Druce, 1886) Decachorda pomona (Weymer, 1892) Goodia falcata CLC/TB Goodia hierax TB Goodia kuntzei CLC/TB Goodia nubilata TB Goodia oxytela TB Goodia smithi TB Goodia thia TB Goodia unguiculata TB Goodia addita Darge, 2008 Goodia nodulifera (Karsch, 1892) Holocerina angulata TB Holocer. agomensis TB Holocer. intermedia TB Holoc. micropteryx TB Holocerina smilax TB Ludia delegorgei TB Ludia hansali TB Ludia orinoptena TB Ludia tessmani TB Micragone agathylla TB Micragone allardi TB Mic. ansorgei RO/TB Micragone cana RO/TB M. elisabethae NHM/TB Micra. joiceyi NHM/TB Micra. lichenodes TB Micra. neonubifera TB O. adiegetum TB O. a. aequinoctal. PD Ortho. adustum PD/TB O. bergeri PD/TB O. bimaculatum TB Ortho. concordia TB O. fontainei PD/TB Ortho. incanum TB Ortho. infinitum TB O. kasaiensis PD/TB O. kivuensis PD/TB O. ochraceum PD/TB O. subueleense TB O. ueleense PD/TB O. vestigiatum PD/TB O. violascens PD/TB Ortho. v. garnieri PDxx Orthogonioptilum oremansi Darge, 2008 Orthogonioptilum prox Karsch, 1892 Pseudol. nyungwe WO?

Urotini/Saturniini/Attacini Eudae. argiphontes TB Eudaemonia argus TB Eudae. troglophylla TB Psel. aurata RMCA/TB Psel. gemmifera NHM/TB Pselaphelia oremansi Darge, 2008 P. vandenber. NHM/TB Pseudan. discrepans FI/TB Pseudanth. imperator TB Pseudaph. appollinaris TB Pseudaph. karemii TB Pseudaphelia luteola Bouvier, 1930 Pseudaph. simplex TB Tagoropsis flavinata (Walker, 1865) Tagoropsis lupina Rothschild, 1907 Tagaropsis genoviefae TB Tag. hanningtoni WO/TB Tagoropsis hecqui RAS/TB Tagoropsis rougeoti TB Urota sinope CLC/TB Urota centralis Bouyer, 2008 Urota herbuloti Darge, 1975 Usta terpsichore CLC/TB Saturniini Argema kuhnei NA/TB Argema mimosae TB/TB Attacini Epiphora albidaDAB/TB Epiph. bauhiniae RO/TB E. m. (imperator) NA/TB Epiphora congolana (Bouvier, 1929) Epiphora intermedia (Rougeot, 1955) Epiph. marginimaculaTB Epiph. mythimnia RO/TB Epiphora obscura Dufrane, 1953 Epiph. "perspicua" lsTB Epiphora ploetziTB Epiph. rectifasciaTB

Bunaeini Athletes albicans TB A. e. ogooensis TB Athletes gigas WO/TB Ath. nyanzae WO/TB Ath. semialba CLC/TB Aurivillius seydeli Rougeot, 1962 Auriv. triramis WO/TB Bun. alcinoe CLC/TB B-opsis aurantica CLC Bunaeopsis hersilia TB Bunaeopsis jacksoni TB B-opsis licharbas TB B-eopsis lueboensis TB Bunaeopsis oubie (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Bun. princeps aurata TB Bunaeopsis zaddachi TB Cin. hyperbius CLC/TB Cirina forda WO/TB C. f. orientalis WO? G. (N.) allardiana TB G. (N.) alopia WO/TB G. (N.) amathusia TB G. (N.) anna allardi TB Nudaurelia anthina (Karsch, 1892) G. (N.) anthinoides TB Gon. (Nud.) bouvieri TB G. (N.) dione FI/TB G. (N.) eblis WO/TB G. (N.) emini TB G. (N.) jamesoni TB G. (N.) kafubuensis TB Gon. (Nud.) macrops TB G. (N.) macrothyris TB G. (N.) melanops TB G. (N.) nya. cleoris EP/TB G. (N.) oyemensis TB Gon. (N.) petiveri Gon. (Nud.) rhodina CLC/TB Gon. (Nud.) staudingeri TB G. (N.) wahl-gina RMCA/TB

Bunaeini Gonimbrasia "belina" TB Gonimbrasia osiris (Druce, 1896) Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775) Gonimbrasia wahlbergii (Boisduval, 1847) Gonimbrasia congolensis TB Gonimbrasia conradsi TB Gonimbrasia godarti TB Gonimb. hecate CLC/TB Gonimbrasia hoehnelii TB Gonimb. rectilineata EP/TB Gonimbrasia zambesina TB Gynanisa ata CLC/TB Gynanisa hecquiTB Gynanisa thiryiTB Gynanisa westwoodiTB Heniocha marnoisTB Imbrasia allardi Rougeot, 1971 Imbrasia butyrospermi Vuillot, 1911 Imbrasia epimethea TB Imbrasia ertli RO Imbrasia longicaudata TB Imbrasia obscura WO/TB Imbrasia orientalisTB Imbrasia truncata WO/TB Lobobunaea acetes TB Lobobunaea cadioui TB Lobo. falcatissima RO Lobobunaea goodii FI/TB Lobobunaea jeanneli TB Lobob. melanoneura TB Lobobunaea niepelti TB Lobob. phaedusa CLC/TB Lobobunaea saturnus TB Lobobunaea rosea TB Melanocera nereis CLC Melanocera parva EP Melanocera pinheyi NAxx Melanocera pujoli TB Pseudimbrasia deyrollei TB Pseudobunaea alinda TB Pseudobunaea callista TB Pseudobunaea cleopatra TB Pseudobunaea illustris TB Pseudob. "irius" seydeli WO Pseudobunaea pallens TB Pseudob. parathyrenna TB Pseudob. tyrhena PD/TB Rhohaniella pygmaea TB Ubaena fuelleborniana Karsch, 1900 Ubaena periculosa TB

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