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Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819

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Higher taxa: Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Bunaea (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Hübner, 1819
Citation:Bunaea Caffra. Caffraria Stoll.
Original genus:Bunaea
Publication:Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic].
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Pagination:154
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33045193
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Bunaea caffraria (1)
Taxonomic note:

Had been synonymized with Phalaena alcinoe Stoll, 1790, but retrieved from synonymy by H. Takano & G. M. László (2022: 10–11).

Takano H. & László G. M. 2022b. A provisional list of the Saturniidae and Eupterotidae of the Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 unknown Not stated. Not stated.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1322 (as caffraria)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Eritrea Rothschild W. 1895b. Notes on Saturniidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some new species. page 38 (as tricolor)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 158 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Mozambique Distant W. L. 1903. Insecta Transvaaliensia: a contribution to a knowledge of the Entomology of South Africa. Order Lepidoptera. Suborder Heterocera. page 58 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Africa Mpumalanga Van den Berg M. A. 1974d. Pouoogmotte (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 166 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Stoll C. 1787–1790. Aanhangsel van het werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa, en America. page (as caffraria)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Africa Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia. page 50 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1949. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part 1). page 90 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Darge Ph. 1980. Lépidoptères Attacidae et Sphingidae récoltés au Natal par Claude Herbulot. page 10 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 South Sudan Waring P. 1995. Some emperor moths (Saturniidae) from the Southern Sudan. page 259 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Tanzania Strand E. 1912i. Über Lepidoptera aus Mkatta und Morogoro in Deutsch Ost-Afrika, nebst Beiträgen zur Kenntnis afrikanischer Taragama-Arten. page 82 (as caffraria)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Uganda Ssese Islands Grünberg K. 1910a. Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der Sesse-Inseln im Victoria Nyanza. page 155 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Zambia Darge Ph. 2014f. Etude d'une collection de Saturniidae d'Afrique sud-orientale déposée au Zoologische Staatssammlung de Münich (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Saturniinae). page 5 (as alcinoe)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Zimbabwe page R. Butler
Plant note:

Description of the larva in Ch. Seydel (1939: 1322, as caffraria).

Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Bauhinia reticulata Fabaceae Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1323 (as caffraria)
Bunaea caffra Hübner, 1819 Gymnosporia senegalensis Celastraceae Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1323 (as caffraria)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Bunaea barbertonia (Oberthür, 1910) (Oberthür, 1910) species Synonym Saturnia barbertonia
Bunaea caffraria (Stoll, 1790) (Stoll, 1790) species Misapplied Attacus caffraria
Bunaea debeeri Oberthür, 1910 Oberthür, 1910 species Synonym Bunaea debeeri
Bunaea durbania Oberthür, 1910 Oberthür, 1910 species Synonym Bunaea durbania
Bunaea nyctalops (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) species Synonym Thyella nyctalops
Bunaea punctigera (Wallengren, 1860) (Wallengren, 1860) species Synonym Thyella punctigera
Bunaea tricolor Rothschild, 1895 Rothschild, 1895 species Synonym Bunaea tricolor
Bunaea zanguebarica Oberthür, 1910 Oberthür, 1910 species Synonym Bunaea zanguebarica