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Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849)

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Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Bunaeopsis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Westwood, 1849)
Citation:Saturnia Hersilia, Westw.
Original genus:Saturnia
Publication:Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:17
Issue:
Pagination:42–43; pl. 9, fig. 1
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572443
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Syntype NHMUK Syntypes ♂, NHMUK. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, leg. Marsden.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Angola Rougeot P.-C. 1963a. Nouvelle note sur les Lépidoptères Attacidés du Musée de Dundo (Angola). page 28
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Burkina Faso Rougeot P.-C. 1963b. Sur quelques lépidoptères Attacidés de Haute-Volta. page 226
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Cameroon Maassen J. P. & Weymer G. W. 1869–1885. Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde. page legend of fig. 72 (as dido)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Chad Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 125 (as pagei)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Orientale Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 456 (as rendalli)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia. page 42
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1323
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Gabon Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 60
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Guinea Fleury P. de 1924. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Saturnide de la côte occidentale d'Afrique (Lep.). page 220
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Kenya Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 107
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 107
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Mozambique Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 107
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Niger page LepIndex
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Nigeria Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Senegal Fleury P. de 1924. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Saturnide de la côte occidentale d'Afrique (Lep.). page 220 (as hersilioides)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Tanzania Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [6] (as rendalliana)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Togo page LepIndex
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Uganda Ssese Islands Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. page 155
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Uganda Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [5] (as dido and editha)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 107
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1918a. Some apparently undescribed Heterocera and five species hitherto unrecorded from South Africa. page 80
Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. Schultze (1914: 157), and in Ch. Seydel (1939; 1323 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58657263).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Chrysophyllum sp. Sapotaceae Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 127
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Hyparrhenia bracteata Poaceae Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1323 (as H. contracta)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Irvingia sp. Sapotaceae Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 127
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Miscanthus x giganteus Poaceae Nigeria Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 157 (as Elefantengras)
Bunaeopsis hersilia (Westwood, 1849) Pennisetum purpureum Poaceae Nigeria Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 32
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
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Bunaeopsis bersilia (Schultze, 1914) (Schultze, 1914) species Misapplied Bunaea bersilia
Bunaeopsis dido (Maassen & Weymer, 1881) (Maassen & Weymer, 1881) species Synonym Eochroa dido
Bunaeopsis editha (Wichgraf, 1914) (Wichgraf, 1914) species Synonym Nudaurelia editha
Bunaeopsis elisa (Wichgraf, 1914) (Wichgraf, 1914) species Synonym Nudaurelia elisa
Bunaeopsis hersilioides (De Fleury, 1924) (De Fleury, 1924) species Synonym Nudaurelia hersilioides
Bunaeopsis nigericola (Strand, 1916) (Strand, 1916) species Synonym Bunaea nigericola
Bunaeopsis pagei Rougeot, 1962 Rougeot, 1962 species Synonym Bunaeopsis pagei
Bunaeopsis randalli (Le Cerf, 1922) (Le Cerf, 1922) species Misapplied Nudaurelia randalli
Bunaeopsis rendalli (Rothschild, 1897) (Rothschild, 1897) species Synonym Nudaurelia rendalli
Bunaeopsis rendalliana (Gaede, 1927) (Gaede, 1927) species Synonym Nudaurelia rendalliana