Leipoxais batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927
| FAMILY | Lasiocampidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Lasiocampinae |
| GENUS | Leipoxais |
| SPECIES | batesi |
| AUTHOR | Bethune-Baker, 1927 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Leipoxais batesi, sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Cameroon, Bitje, 2000 ft, leg. G. L. Bates. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: 3°42'0" Longitude: 13°33'0" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 20:321–334. |
| PAGINATION | 332 |
Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| nervosa | Berio, 1937 | Synonym of species |
| typodes | Tams, 1931 | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Cameroon | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 20:321–334. | 332 | |
| Congo | New record (P. Basquin) | ||
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Berio E. 1937b. Eteroceri africani apparentemente nuovi. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 59:370–393. | 376 (as nervosa) | |
| Gabon | New record (P. Basquin) | ||
| Kenya | Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :125–134. | 131 | |
| Uganda | Tams W. H. T. 1931a. New African Lasiocampidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 7(37):1–17, pls. 1–2. | 9 (as typodes) |
Host Plants
Unknown
