LOBOBUNAEA OF THE WORLD

Lobobunaea angasana copyright Kirby Wolfe.

LOBOBUNAEA PACKARD, 1901

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

Larvae get large, pupate underground and are probably eaten by people in various countries of Africa.

Lobobunaea phaedusa is the genus specimen type.

These moths are medium to large in size. The legs are without spines, distinguishing them from the Pseudobunaea. Males have falcate forewings and both sexes have large, coloured eyespots on the hindwings.

The larvae are predominately green, smooth-skinned and chunky with ridged segments. At rest, the head and legs are pulled back into the thorax as in the Kirby Wolfe image below.

Lobobunaea angasana = saturnus copyright Kirby Wolfe.

P indicates an image is available.

Notes in brown indicate taxonomy recognized by Bouyer.

Listing of Lobobunaea

P acetes (Westwood, 1849) Sierra Leone, Togo, eastern Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Ghana, D.R. Congo, probably Congo-Brazzaville, probably Tanzania
alberici Dufrane, 1953, is a synonym of acetes (BCAS)
rautenstrauchorum Lampe, 1994, is a synonym of acetes (BCAS), Cameroon
leopoldi (Bouvier, 1930), is a synonym of acetes (BCAS)
N acuta T. Bouyer, 2012 Cameroon, Ekombitié, March
N aethiops (Rothschild, 1907)
N angasana (Westwood, 1849) South Africa, Port Natal.
P ansorgei (Rothschild, 1899) Rwanda, Kenya, probably Tanzania; TB indicates this moth appears not to be different from jeanneli (BCAS)
N cadioui Bouyer, 2004 D.R. Congo, probably Tanzania
N doogii T. Bouyer, 2012 Cameroon, D.R. Congo; May-June
N equatoriensis T. Bouyer, 2012 D.R. Congo, Kisangani, forêt Masako, May
N erythrotes (Karsch, 1892) given full species status by T. Bouyer, 2012
P goodii (Holland, 1893) Cameroon, Gabon, Zambia, D.R. Congo, probably Congo: Congo-Brazzaville, probably Tanzania, probably northeastern Angola and southern Republic of Central Africa
erythrotes (Karsch, 1892), is a synonym of goodii (BCAS)
N goodii bousqueti Darge, 1989 Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea including Bioko Island
N jamesoni (Druce, 1890)
P jeanneli Rougeot, 1959 Rwanda, D.R. Congo, Kenya, probably Tanzania
dallastai Bouyer, 1984, is a synonym of jeanneli (BCAS)
N jeanneli dargei Lemaire, 1971 Cameroon; Rwanda, Nyungwe Forest, April
N jokineni T. Bouyer, 2012 Uganda, Kibale forest, Mainaro, 1250 m, November
N klemettii T. Bouyer, 2012 Uganda, Kabale District, Bwindi NP, Ruhija, 2300-2400 m., October
P kuehnei Naumann, 2008 southwestern Kenya
N lemairei T. Bouyer, 2012 Rwanda, PN Nyungwe, Pindura, 1850-2200 m., January
P melanoneura (Rothschild, 1907) Guinea Conakry, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Zambia, probably Congo: Congo-Brazzaville
basquini Rougeot, 1959, is a synonym of melanoneura (BCAS), Gabon, Congo, Cameroon
N melichari T. Bouyer, 2012 Republic of Central Africa, Grima., June
P niepelti Strand, 1914 Gabon, D.R. Congo, probably Congo: Congo-Brazzaville, possibly Cameroon
reginae (Bouvier, 1930, is a synonym of niepelti (BCAS)
P phaedusa (Drury, 1873) Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, D.R. Congo, AngolaRwanda, Tanzania
laurae Strand, 1912, is a synonym of phaedusa (BCAS)
elegans Bouvier, 1928, is same as L. phaedusa (BCAS)
lestrygon (Mabille, 1887, is a synonym of phaedusa (BCAS)
thomsonii (Kirby, 1887), is a synonym of phaedusa (BCAS)
P phaedusa christyi (Sharpe, 1889) Mali, Burkina Faso, equatorial west Africa, Cameroon, western Kenya, Uganda, (? Zambia); Senegal to Ethiopia (TB - subsahalian)
P christyi rexnoctuae Stoneham, 1962 western Africa: Burkina Faso; Benin (BG)
phaeax Jordan, 1910, is a synonym of christyi rexnoctuae (BCAS)
molleti Darge, 1975, is a synonym of christyi rexnoctuae (BCAS)
P christyi molleti Darge 1975 Ethiopia
N phaedusa desfontainei Darge, 1998 Cameroon
P falcatissima Rougeot, 1962 Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), Zambia, southern D.R. Congo: (Katanga), Tanzania, Malawi; falcatissima is treated as a subspecies of phaedusa, Bouyer, 1999
N phaeax phaeax Jordan, 1910 Ghana; Senegal?; Burkina Faso?:
P phaeax minutissima Darge, 1998
P rautenstrauchorum Lampe, 1994 western Africa gray form of acetes
P rosea rosea (Sonthonnax, 1899) D.R. Congo: Katanga, Burundi, Gabon, D.R. Congo
N rosea thoirei (Bouvier, 1926) Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, smaller form of rosea; Bouyer (BCAS) equates with nominate rosea
P rosea werneri Bouyer, 2001 Tanzania, Malawi
P sangha Darge, 2002 Cameroon: Messok
P saturnus (Fabricius, 1793) Swaziland, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, D.R. Congo
ammon (Karsch, 1898), same as saturnus (BCAS)
hannibal (Karsch, 1898), same as saturnus (BCAS)
orientis (Le Cerf, 1922), same as saturnus (BCAS)
angasana (Westwood, 1849) is same as L. saturnus (BCAS)
N sorangei T. Bouyer, 2012 Kenya, Gatamayu forest, August
P tanganicae (Sonthannax, 1899) Africa same as saturnus (BCAS)
P turlini Lemaire, 1977 Rwanda
vandenberghei Dall' Asta, 1982, is a synonym of turlini (BCAS)
P vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2004, Bioko Island of Equatorial Guinea
N weymeri Aurivillius, 1905 incertae sedis Angola

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Some internet sites include the following as Lobobunaea. The proper genus determination is included in brown.

P alinda (Drury, 1782) Cameroun, Africa Pseudobunaea
P epithyrena (Maassen & Weyding, 1885) Pseudobunaea Tanzania, Cameroon, Republic of Central Africa
P epithyrena natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893) Natal, Pseudobunaea
P jamesoni form aethiops Rothschild, 1907 Cameroun Gonimbrasia
P parathyrrena (Bouvier, 1927) Pseudobunaea Congo