PSEUDAPHELIA OF THE WORLD
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Updated as per Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-Central Africa, 1972, May 7, 2006 Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, May 7, 2006 Updated as per Natural History Museum website, May 7, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Thierry Bouyer, May 2006 |
Pseudaphelia belong to the Urotini tribe of the subfamily Saturniinae; moths in this tribe are found in Africa.
Larvae, developing to 4.5cm., are semi-gregarious in all instars.
Pseudaphelia apollinaris larvae develop extremely rapidly and are aposematically coloured suggesting they are unpalatable.
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P indicates an image is available.
P ansorgei Rothschild, 1898 Kenya,
Tanzania
P apollinaris (Boisduval, 1847) South Africa,
Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, northwards into eastern Africa, including
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
N Pseudaphelia dialitha Tams, 1930,
Tanzania, Malawi, ?? eastern Zambia
N flava Bouvier, 1930 Malawi, Mannow,
Tanzania,
P flavomarginata Gaede, 1915
Tanzania; equals apollinaris (maybe, maybe not!); Zambia
P karemii Bouvier, 1927 Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania, Malawi
N luteola Bouvier, 1930 Lake Edward in Uganda,
Tanzania, Malawi
P roseibrunnea Geide, 1927 Tanzania,
Malawi
P simplex Rebel, 1906 tropical Africa,
Gabon, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda
Pseudaphelia margilutea is same as simplex
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