AURIVILLIUS OF THE WORLD
Aurivillius triramis (Rothschild), image, copyright protected, Kirby Wolfe
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Updated as per
Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1995,
February 24, 2005 Updated also as per communication with Rolf Oberprieler and Thierry Bouyer. Updated as per personal communication with Thierry Bouyer (fuscus and orientalis), May 21, 2007 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2012. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net), October 9, 2012 Updated as per Saturnafrica Fascicule #15, Darge, March, 2013; January 27, 2014 |
Aurivillius species fly in Central Africa and both aratus and triramis are taken in Cameroon.
P aratus (Westwood, 1849)
Equatorial Guinea,
Cameroon,
Gabon,
(? Uganda),
Congo,
Angola,
Rwanda,
Burundi,
(? Zambia,
Malawi),
(? Tanzania),
Central African Republic
N cadioui Bouyer, 2008
Ethiopia
N divaricatus Bouvier, 1927
Tanzania; possibly a synonym of fuscus
N diversus Darge, 2013
Zambia
N drumonti Bouyer, 2008
Cameroon: Obout
P fuscus (Rothschild, 1895)
South Africa,
Botswana,
Zimbabwe,
? Namibia
N horsini Bouvier, 1927
Benin; possibly a synonym of arata
P jolyanorum Bouyer, 1999
Ivory Coast,
Togo,
Ghana,
Cameroon,
(?? Benin and
Nigeria)
N lucidus Darge, 2013
Zambia
P oberthueri Bouvier, 1927
Malawi,
S. Congo,
Zambia,
S. Tanzania
P orientalis Bouyer, 2007
Malawi,
Tanzania,
Kenya
Aurivillius orientalis Bouyer, 2007 from
Kenya,
Tanzania and
Malawi replaces A. fuscus in those countries.
P seydeli (Rougeot, 1962)
Congo,
Malawi,
(? Tanzania)
P triramis Rothschild, 1907
Ivory Coast,
Cameroon,
Gabon,
D. R. Congo,
Tanzania,
Kenya,
Uganda;
probably Congo and probably
Central African Republic
P xerophilus Rougeot, 1977
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Kenya,
Ethiopia,
(? Tanzania)
Aurivillius cliftoni, Rougeot, 1977, is same as xerophilus
N zambesianus Darge, 2013
Zambia
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