Rohaniella pygmaea pygmaea (Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Rohaniella |
| SPECIES | pygmaea |
| SUBSPECIES | pygmaea |
| AUTHOR | (Maassen & Weymer, 1885) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Bunaea Pygmaea Mssn. ♂ |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Angola N. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, ZMHB. |
| STATUS | Subspecies |
| PUBLICATION | Maassen J. P. & Weymer G. W. 1869–1885. Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde. - — 1–5:1–10, pls 1–50. |
| PAGINATION |
[8]; pl. [46], fig. 100
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| pygela | (Druce, 1886) | Synonym of subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Distant W. L. 1897a. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. Fam. Saturniidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 19(112):390–394. | 390 |
| Zambia | Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388–510, pls 36–41. | 480 | |
| Zimbabwe | Druce H. 1886. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886:409–411, pls 37–38. | 410 (as pygela) |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Burkea africana | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i–xi, 1–150, pls 1–43. | 66 |
