Athletes semialba (Sonthonnax, 1904)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Athletes |
| SPECIES | semialba |
| AUTHOR | (Sonthonnax, 1904) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gynanisa semialba, nov. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Kenya], M'Pala. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Sonthonnax L. 1904. Essai de classification des Lépidoptères producteurs de soie. Saturniens (suite). - — 4:1–86, pls 1–28. |
| PAGINATION |
66–67; pl. 23
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Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Thiry J. 1980. Observations sur les chenilles de quelques Saturnidae [sic] du Shaba (Zaïre). - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 94(2):327–332. | 330 | |
| Kenya | Sonthonnax L. 1904. Essai de classification des Lépidoptères producteurs de soie. Saturniens (suite). - — 4:1–86, pls 1–28. | 66 | |
| Malawi | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 | |
| Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63. | 114 | |
| Namibia | Kopij G. 2014. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo, northern Namibia. - Fragmenta Faunistica 57(2):117–129. | 122 | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | Rebel H. 1904a. Zwei neue Saturniiden aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 19:64–69, pls 2–3. | 64 (as steindachneri) | |
| Zambia | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Acacia polyacantha var. campylacantha | Congo, DR | Thiry J. 1980. Observations sur les chenilles de quelques Saturnidae [sic] du Shaba (Zaïre). - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 94(2):327–332. | 330 |
| Caesalpiniaceae | Brachystegia spiciformis | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 | |
| Caesalpiniaceae | Brachystegia globifera | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 | |
| Fabaceae | Cassia sp. | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls. 1–43. | 78 | |
| Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | Tanzania | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1–47. | 37 |
| Fabaceae | Acacia melanoxylon | Tanzania | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1–47. | 37 |
