Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) jamesoni
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Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, January 7, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Sebastian Brandner, August 2006, August 2007
Updated as per personal communication with Jean-Louis Albert, October 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Forbi Lucas, (Mt. Cameroon; August, 2010); September 2010
Updated as per SATURNIDES DE COTE D'IVOIRE (SCI), S.HERDER, X.LERY, G.FEDIERE, NKKOUASSI, 1989; September 19, 2010
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Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) jamesoni
Druce 1890
This site has been created by
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
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Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Bunaeini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Nudaurelia,
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DISTRIBUTION:
Nudaurelia jamesoni,
(wingspan: males: approximately 93-102mm; females: probably larger),
flies in
Cameroon: Elone (Sud Province (SB)), Mt. Cameroon (South West Province (FL));
and in the
Central African Republic.
It is probably also found in Est Province: Lomi (SB), Cameroon and across southern Cameroon
through Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, to at least
Ivory Coast: Mont Tonkoui (March) and Forêt de Yapo (December) (SCI).
Thierry Bouyer and Jean-Louis Albert report it in
Gabon: Haut-Ogooue: Franceville (JLA) and
Thierry also reports it in
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and I suspect
it also flies in
People's Republic of the
Congo.
The very dark form, moslty depicted on this page, is called aethiops.
Nudaurelia jamesoni male, July 2006, Elone (Sud Province), Cameroon,
wingspan: 93mm, courtesy of Sebastian Brandner.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
I suspect
Nudaurelia jamesoni moths are on the wing in June-July (SB) and
January. In Ivory Coast it has been recorded in March and December. There are probably three to four broods each year.
Nudaurelia jamesoni, October 14, 2006, Franceville, Gabon,
wingspan 102mm, courtesy
of Jean-Louis Albert
Nudaurelia jamesoni, (verso) October 14, 2006, Franceville, Gabon,
wingspan 102mm, courtesy
of Jean-Louis Albert
Jean-Louis Albert has taken them in October in Franceville, Gabon,
so there are probably three to four broods annually.
Foodplants are unknown.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Nudaurelia jamesoni females attract males with an airbourne pheromone.
Thierry Bouyer (April 2005) indicates this specimen
below, courtesy of Heinz Rothacker is a female
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) jamesoni.
Nudaurelia jamesoni female, Reserve du Dja, 25 km southwest of
Lomie (East Province),
Cameroon,
June, 2007, courtesy of
Sebastian Brandner,
id by Thierry Bouyer.
Lomie (East Province) is very close to the Sud Province border, so this
specimen may actually be from Sud Province.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Larval Food Plants
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.
Imbrasia obscura?? fifth instar, on Acacia auriculiformis.
The picture immediately above seems a greater match for Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) jamesoni, so I also post it to this page.
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