Epiphora schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
FAMILY | Saturniidae |
SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
GENUS | Epiphora |
SPECIES | schultzei |
AUTHOR | Aurivillius, 1905 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Epiphora Schultzei n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Chad], Central Bornu, near Lake Tsad. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes, SNHM. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1–47, pls 1–5. |
PAGINATION |
30, fig. 5; pl. 4, fig. 1
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Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Cameroon | Darge Ph. 1973b. Lépidoptères Attacidae et Sphingidae récoltés dans le Nord Cameroun par M. le Docteur G. Nonveiller. - Annales de la Faculté des Sciences du Cameroun 1973(12):55–62. | 58 | |
Niger | Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 28(2):215–229. | 218 | |
Nigeria | Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1–47, pls 1–5. | 30 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Rhamnaceae | Ziziphus sp. | Nigeria | Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1–47, pls 1–5. | 30 |