BUNAEA OF THE WORLD

The Bunaea belong to the Bunaeini tribe of Subfamily Saturniinae of the Family Saturniidae. These moths fly in Africa.

The larvae pupate underground.

Bunaea alcinoe

BUNAEA HUBNER, [1819] 1816

This genus is still in need of revision.

There are many names which have been synonymized with B. alcinoe, and there have been many names synonymized with B. aslauga.

Listing of Bunaea

P alcinoe, (Stoll, 1780) Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Gabon, PR Congo, TDR Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland
P aslauga, Kirby, 1877 Madagascar
P caffraria, Stoll, 1790 same as alcinoe (TB) or subspecies (PD), Tanzania; not valid, Rolf Oberprieler
Thierry Bouyer now regards caffraria as a valid species, using this name for a specimen from northern Kenya, May 2012. I believe caffraria also applies to specimens from Ethiopia. (Bill Oehlke, May 2012)
P caffra, Hubner, 1819 Tanzania; valid, Rolf Oberprieler, but might be same as B. alcinoe
N oremansi Bouyer, 2008 Sao Tomé Isl. (240 km (150 mi) west of Gabon), Holotype: coll. Th. Bouyer. male. X.2000. Oremans. Bouyer, Th., 2008, Entomologia Africana 13 (2): 53-59.
N vulpes, Oberthur, 1916 Moramanga, Madagascar

There definitely seems to be an additional unnamed/undescribed species from Madagascar. See the Bunaea aslauga file. (Bill Oehlke, May 2012)

Sometimes on the internet and even in books, especially the older texts you will see names in error or names that have undergone revison.

P Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis, Streck, 1876 Cameroon Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis is accepted name
P Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) heroum, (Oberthur, 1910) Bas Congo Region Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) macrothyris is accepted name

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