DISTRIBUTION: Gonimbrasia bouvieri (wingspan: approximately 182mm) flies in Gabon, Africa. The moth is celebrated on a 1971 postage stamp from Gabon. The Natural History Museum reports it from Cameroon, confirmed by Sebastian Brandner with a specimen from Elone, Sud Province, Cameroon. Thierry Bouyer adds Equatorial Guinea at least on Bioko Island, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and I suspect it also flies in the People's Republic of the Congo. FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS: The Gonimbrasia bouvieri moth flies in the months of December, and I suspect July, and possibly in other months.

Nudaurelia bouvieri male, Elone, Cameroon, December 2, 2006, wingspan 182mm,
courtesy of Sebastian Brandner, id by Bill Oehlke, confirmed by Thierry Bouyer.

Nudaurelia bouvieri male verso, Elone, Cameroon, December 2, 2006, wingspan 182mm,
courtesy of Sebastian Brandner, id by Bill Oehlke, confirmed by Thierry Bouyer.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Eclosion is from underground pupae.

Both sexes fly at night with the males coming in to lights around midnight, the scenting time of the females.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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