Leucopteryx mollis (Butler, 1889)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Leucopteryx |
| SPECIES | mollis |
| AUTHOR | (Butler, 1889) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Ceranchia mollis, n. s. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Kenya], 50 miles inland from Mombasa, Tana River. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -4°2'31" Longitude: 39°39'43" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Butler A. G. 1889b. Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera-Heterocera in the collection of the Hon. Walter de Rothschild. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1889:389-392, pl. 12. |
| PAGINATION |
391; pl. 12, fig. 5
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Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Butler A. G. 1889b. Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera-Heterocera in the collection of the Hon. Walter de Rothschild. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1889:389-392, pl. 12. | 391 | |
| Somalia | Holland W. J. 1896b. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Somaliland, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant von Hoehnel. - Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18(1895)(1063):259-264. | 264 |
Host Plants
Unknown
