NUDAURELIA OF THE WORLD

Updated as per Cooper & Cooper's The Emperor Moths of KwaZulu-Natal, February 27, 2011
Updated as per Natural History Museum website, February 27, 2011

MONTANAURELIA OF THE WORLD

Montanaurelia cytheraea (male) courtesy of Leroy Simon.

MONTANAURELIA Cooper and Cooper, 2002

The Montanaurelia are members of the Bunaeini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae, Family Saturniidae. These moths fly in Africa and surrounding islands. Moths have also sometimes been classified as Gonimbrasia, Imbrasia, Nudaurelia, Phalaena, Acanthocampa and Angelica. The prefered genus is listed after "namer".

The larvae of many species serve as a valuable food source in many African countries.

Classifications are based on Cooper and Cooper, 2002, suggestions for montane "Nudaurelia" species with relatively large forewing hyaline eyespots, surrounded by yellow-orange and black rings: cytherea, lucida, krucki, carnegiei, macrops and perhaps emini.

In recent (February 2011) communication Thierry Bouyer has suggested that "Bunaeopsis" saffronica may also be assigned to this genus or one close to it.

P indicates an image is available.

Listing of Montanaurelia

P cytherea (Fabricius, 1775) Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia South Africa
capensis Cramer, 1779, is same as cytherea
pauper Bouvier, 1926, is same as cytherea
unicolor Bouvier, 1926, is same as cytherea
bubo Bouvier, 1930, is same as cytherea
P cytherea clarki (Geertsema, 1971) Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia South Africa
N carnegiei Janse, 1918 Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia Zimbabwe, Mozambique
P emini (Butler, 1888) Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia Ghana, Togo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, ?? People's Republic of the Congo
latifasciata Sonthonnax, 1901, is same as emini
germaini Bouvier, 1926, is same as emini
gschwandneri Rebel, 1917, is same as emini
P krucki Hering, 1930 Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia Tanzania, Kenya
brunneonigra Hering, 1930, is same as krucki
N lucida Rothschild, 1907 Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia Malawi
P macrops Rebel, 1917 Gonimbrasia, Nudaurelia Tanzania, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
benguelensis Oberthur, 1921, is same as macrops
P saffronica Pinhey, 1972 Zambia, Africa

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Nudaurelia benguelensis (Oberthür, 1921); equated with macrops by Thierry Bouyer
Nudaurelia germaini Bouvier, 1926; equated with emini by Thierry Bouyer
Nudaurelia gschwandneri Rebel, 1917; equated with emini by Thierry Bouyer
Nudaurelia latifasciata Sonthonnax, 1901; equated with emini by Thierry Bouyer