Heinz Rothacher

Heinz sent me (Bill Oehlke) many images of Saturniidae adults from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).

Rolf Oberprieler was very helpful with species identifications. Several from Heinz's collection are depicted below.

Imbrasia obscura female, Zaire, courtesy of Heinz Rothacher.

Imbrasia obscura male, Zaire, courtesy of Heinz Rothacher.

Imbrasia alopia, Zaire, courtesy of Heinz Rothacher.

Other images sent by Heinz include Imbrasia (Nudaurelia) melanops, Lobobunaea niepelti, Bunaeopsis hersilia pagei????, Imbrasia eblis, Pseudobunaea meloui, Imbrasia petiveri, and a few others already well covered.

The one below is from the Imbrasia anthina group, but remains unidentified.

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I very much appreciate images and information about the moths and butterflies. My interests are with worldwide Saturniidae (silkmoths), Sphingidae (hawkmoths) of the Americas, North American Catocala and North American butterflies.

I am pleased to be able to display high quality electronic images (preferably in jpg format).

Please send images to Bill Oehlke