DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudobunaea seydeli flies in
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (NV);
Tanzania (SF15); and
Zambia: Lusaka: Rufunsa Ranch (SF15) in miombo savannah.

The male forewing is apically produced with a moderately concave outer margin. The forewing ground colour is an almost uniform reddish-orange, devoid of markings, with lighter (pale violet) scaling in the marginal areas of all wings.

The forewing cell spot is quite small.

The hindwing is concolorous with the forewing along its inner margin, but is more orange than red in the basal median areas other than along the inner margin.

Fringes area pale beize outside a thin, dark marginal line on all wings.

Pseudobunaea seydeli, male, (verso), Elisabethville, Dem. Rep. Congo, December,
Lepidoptera Types of the Royal Museum for Central Africa

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

The Pseudobunaea seydeli moth flies in November-December in Elisabethville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Larval hosts are unknown.

Pseudobunaea seydeli, male, (verso), Elisabethville, Dem. Rep. Congo, November,
Lepidoptera Types of the Royal Museum for Central Africa

Pseudobunaea seydeli male (verso), Rufunsa Ranch WMA, Lusaka Province, Zambia,
December 2012, on my home computer only.

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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