Gambia

Bunaeopsis macrophthalma male, Basse Santa Su, Gambia,
August 5, 2008, courtesy of Jon Baker,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

Epiphora bauhiniae male, Gambia,
October 29, 2008, courtesy of Jon Baker.

Except for its west coast which borders the Atlantic Ocean, the relatively small country of Gambia is entirely surounded by Senegal. I suspect the Saturniidae species in the two countries would be very similar if not identical.

Athletes n. bousqueti WO?
Aurivillius jolyanorum WO?
Bunaea alcinoe WO?
Bun. macrophthalma WO?
Cirina butyrospermi WO?
Epiphora albida WO?
Epiphora bauhiniae WO?
Gonimbrasia hecate WO?
Gonimbrasia occidentalis WO?
Goodia falcata WO?
Imbrasia obscura WO?
Imbrasia senegalensis Wiki; not sure if this is a valid species
Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893), Wiki
Holocerina occidentalis WO?
Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849), WO?
Ludia o. syngena NHM
Micragone nenia
Micragone nenioides
Orthogonioptilum nimbaense , WO?
Pseudantheraea discrepens, WO?
Pseudimbrasia deyrollei WO
Pseudobunaea alinda, WO?
Pseudobunaea vingerhoedti, WO?
Pseudobunaea irius, Wiki
Pseudobunaea t. pratorum , WO?
Rohaniella jebbae WO?

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