Gonimbrasia nyassana (Rothschild, 1907)
FAMILY | Saturniidae |
SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
GENUS | Gonimbrasia |
SPECIES | nyassana |
AUTHOR | (Rothschild, 1907) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Imbrasia Queinzii nyassana, subsp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Tanzania], German East Africa, Lake Nyassa, leg. Langenburg. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes [number not stated, "a series"], BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Rothschild W. 1907c. New African Saturniidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 20:1-10. |
PAGINATION |
3
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Species pictures




Synonyms
NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
murphyi | Darge, 1992 | Synonym of species |
reducta | (Rebel, 1917) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malawi | Darge Ph. 1992b. Trois nouveaux Nudaurelia du Malawi (Lepidoptera Saturniidae). - Lambillionea 92(1):63-70. | 63 (as murphyi) | |
Tanzania | Rothschild W. 1907c. New African Saturniidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 20:1-10. | 3 |
Host Plants
Unknown