Tanzania Pseudobunaea Comparison Chart

The Pseudobunaea are members of the Bunaeini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae, Family Saturniidae. These moths fly in Africa and surrounding islands. Moths are usually classified as Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 1927; with Alindabunaea being a junior synonym for Pseudobunaea.

At maturity, larvae descend tree trunks to pupate in underground chambers.

Pseudobunaea irius larva, copyright Kirby Wolfe

With the advent of DNA barcoding analysis (2008), many new Saturniidae species have been named, including many Pseudobunaea species from the various mountain ranges in Tanzania.

The Tanzania Pseudobunaea Comparison Chart, will hopefully help me and others to determine species as they become available for posting.

I will be using information on Wiki Species and scientific journal publications to post information and write my own descriptions of the Tanzanian Pseudobunaea. If you have digital images that you can submit with data (wingspan, elevation, date, precise location), I will do my best to confirm your ids or offer suggestions, and will incorporate your images, credited to you, into the respective files. Please help improve the scope and accuracy of this site by submitting images. All photos remain the property of respective photographers.

Listing of Pseudobunaea from Tanzania

P. bjornstadi male P. bjornstadi female Kigoma Region Kibondo District 1100m P. bondwana male P. bondwana female Morogoro Region Uluguru Mts. Bondwa 2000m P. claryi male P. claryi female Tanga Region Nguru Mts. 2000 m P. cleo. orientalis male P. cleo. orientalis female Tanzania ?? P. elucida male P. elucida female Arusha Region Mt. Meru 1680 m P. e. epithyrena male P. e. epithyrena female Tanzania?? P. e. inornata male P. e. inornata female Zanzibar P. e. melinde male P. e. melinde female Zanzibar P. geita male P. geita female Mwanza Region Geita Forest Katolu Village 1304m P. heyeri morlandi male P. heyeri morlandi female Zanzibar Insel Pemba P. irius male P. irius female P. iyayiensis male P. iyayiensis female Iringa Region Iyayi savannah 1400m P. kidugalensis male P. kidugalensis female Iringa Region Kidugala 1755m P. kituloensis male P. kituloensis female Mbeya Region Kitulo National Park Igoma Forest 2322 m P. kiyamyulwa male P. kiyamyulwa female Kagera Region Kiyamyulwa 1151 m P. mbiziana male P. mbiziana female Rukwa Region Mbizi Forest Reserve 2240 m P. miriakambana male P. miriakambana female Arusha Region Mt. Meru Miriakamba Hut 2500 m P. mwangomoi male P. mwangomoi female unknown Kilimanjaro National Park East, Marangu Forest 2160 m P. santini male P. santini female Tanga Region West Usambara Magamba Forest 2100 m P. tyrr. perchromatum male P. tyrr. perchromatum female

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