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Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/ Saturniinae (subfamily)/ Bunaeini (tribe)/ Imbrasia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Drury, 1773)
Citation:	Phal.[aena] Att.[acus] Epimethea
Original genus:	Attacus
Publication:	Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.)
Journal:	—
Volume:	2
Issue:
Pagination:	22–23, index; pl. 13, fig. 1
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637754

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Imbrasia epimethea (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holotype	unknown	NHMUK	Holotype, in bad condition (see P.-C. Rougeot 1955: 72), NHMUK.	Gabon	[Gabon], African Coast, near Calabar, ca 6°N.	Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. page 22–23, index; pl. 13, fig. 1

Distribution note:

Description of the larva in Ch. Seydel (1939: 1317).

Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Angola		Rougeot P.-C. 1963a. Nouvelle note sur les Lépidoptères Attacidés du Musée de Dundo (Angola). page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Cameroon		Karsch F. 1893. Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss in Kamerun beobachteten Saturniiden. page 499
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Central African Republic		Hetuin J. M. 1987. Compte-rendu d'une chasse nocturne en Centrafrique. page 102
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo		Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Bas Congo	Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 480
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 317
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Côte d'Ivoire		Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Darge Ph. 1988c. Trois nouveaux Saturniidae de Bioko (Lepidoptera). page 41 (as biokoensis)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1912k. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera I. (Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae, Striphnopterygidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Syntomididae [sic], Hypsidae und Agaristidae). page 142
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Gabon		Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.) page 23
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ghana		Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 1234
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Guinea		Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia. page 50
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Guinea-Bissau		Naumann S. 2008. Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 97
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Kenya		Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Mozambique		Dufrane A. 1953b. Saturniidae d'Afrique. page 250
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Nigeria		Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 30
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Sierra Leone		Naumann S. 2008. Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 97
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Tanzania		Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Togo		page LepIndex
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Uganda		Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Zambia		Butler A. G. 1895. On collections of Lepidoptera from British East Africa and Lake Tanganyika. page 270 (as nictitans)
Imbrasia epimethea biokoensis Darge, 1988	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Darge Ph. 1988c. Trois nouveaux Saturniidae de Bioko (Lepidoptera). page 41
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Bas Congo	Bouvier E. L. 1927d. Saturniens du Musée du Congo belge. page 155
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. page 480
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Holland W. J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. page 317
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Gabon		Drury D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of Exotic Insects, according to their different genera, very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from (etc.) page 23
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ghana		Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. page 1234

Plant note:

Description of the larva in A. Schultze (1914: 152), and in Ch. Seydel (1939: 1317 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58657257, as nictitans). The caterpillars are consumed by indigenous people (see a.o. Madamo et al. 2024).

Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Acacia auriculiformis	Fabaceae		Latham P. & Konda ku Mbuta A. 2014. Useful plants of Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vols. 1–2. page 12
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Acacia decurrens	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Acacia lahai	Fabaceae	Kenya	Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Albizia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 97 (as nictitans)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Amphimas ferrugineus	Fabaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 153
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Bauhinia reticulata	Fabaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 153
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Bauhinia reticulata	Fabaceae		Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1318
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Bauhinia sp.	Fabaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Berlinia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Brachystegia sp.	Caesalpiniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Canarium schweinfurthii	Burseraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Celtis gomphophylla	Cannabaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Combretum psidioides	Combretaceae		Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1318
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Dacryodes edulis	Burseraceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Discoglypremna caloneura	Euphorbiaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Entada abyssinica	Fabaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Erythrina abyssinica	Fabaceae		page L. Sunnay
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Erythrophleum suaveolens	Fabaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia africana	Apocynaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia elastica	Apocynaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia sp.	Apocynaceae		Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 92
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holarrhena floribunda	Apocynaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holarrhena floribunda	Apocynaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Julbernardia paniculata	Fabaceae		Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1318 (as Berlinia p.)
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Maesopsis eminii	Rhamnaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus africanus	Lecythidaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus macrocarpus	Lecythidaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus macrocarpus	Lecythidaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Pycnanthus angolensis	Myristicaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii	Euphorbiaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii	Euphorbiaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii ssp. africanum	Euphorbiaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Samanea sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia schweinfurthii	Combretaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 153
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia sp.	Combretaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 153
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia sp.	Combretaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia sp.	Combretaceae	Gabon	Rougeot P.-C. 1949b. Description des stades post-embryonnaires de quelques Saturnioïdes gabonais. page 215
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Theobroma cacao	Sterculiaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Trema orientalis	Ulmaceae		Latham P. & Konda ku Mbuta A. 2014. Useful plants of Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vols. 1–2. page 478
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Acacia auriculiformis	Fabaceae		Latham P. & Konda ku Mbuta A. 2014. Useful plants of Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vols. 1–2. page 12
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Acacia lahai	Fabaceae	Kenya	Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Albizia sp.	Fabaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 97 (as nictitans)
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Amphimas ferrugineus	Fabaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Bauhinia sp.	Fabaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Celtis gomphophylla	Cannabaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Dacryodes edulis	Burseraceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Discoglypremna caloneura	Euphorbiaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Entada abyssinica	Fabaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Erythrina abyssinica	Fabaceae		page L. Sunnay
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Erythrophleum suaveolens	Fabaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia africana	Apocynaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia elastica	Apocynaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Funtumia sp.	Apocynaceae		Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). page 92
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holarrhena floribunda	Apocynaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Holarrhena floribunda	Apocynaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Maesopsis eminii	Rhamnaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 97 (as nictitans)
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus africanus	Lecythidaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus macrocarpus	Lecythidaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Petersianthus macrocarpus	Lecythidaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Pycnanthus angolensis	Myristicaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii	Euphorbiaceae		Latham P. 2003. Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. page 21
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii	Euphorbiaceae	Cameroon	Ngute A. S. K., Dongmo M. A. K., Effa J. A. M., Onguene E. M. A., Lontchi J. F. & Cuni-Sanchez A. 2019. Edible caterpillars in central Cameroon: host plants, value, harvesting, and availability. page 6
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Ricinodendron heudelotii ssp. africanum	Euphorbiaceae	Angola	Lautenschläger T., Neinhaus C., Monizi M., Mandombe J. L., Förster A., Henle T. & Nuss M. 2017. Edible insects of Northern Angola. page 61
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia sp.	Combretaceae	Gabon	Rougeot P.-C. 1949b. Description des stades post-embryonnaires de quelques Saturnioïdes gabonais. page 215
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Terminalia sp.	Combretaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 31
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Theobroma cacao	Sterculiaceae	Ghana	Wagner M. R., Cobbinah J. R. & Bosu P. P. 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. Second Edition. page 38
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	Trema orientalis	Ulmaceae		Latham P. & Konda ku Mbuta A. 2014. Useful plants of Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vols. 1–2. page 478

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Imbrasia epimethea biokoensis Darge, 1988	Darge, 1988	subspecies	Accepted	Imbrasia epimethea biokoensis
Imbrasia epimethea crameri Kirby, 1892	Kirby, 1892	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea crameri
Imbrasia epimethea diomede Karsch, 1893	Karsch, 1893	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea diomede
Imbrasia epimethea dorcas (Walker, 1855)	(Walker, 1855)	subspecies	Synonym	Bunaea epimethea dorcas
Imbrasia epimethea epimethea (Drury, 1773)	(Drury, 1773)	subspecies	Accepted	Attacus epimethea epimethea
Imbrasia epimethea nadari Bouvier, 1928	Bouvier, 1928	subspecies	Synonym	Imbrasia epimethea nadari
Imbrasia epimethea nictitans (Fabricius, 1775)	(Fabricius, 1775)	subspecies	Synonym	Bombyx epimethea nictitans

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination