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Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/ Saturniinae (subfamily)/ Bunaeini (tribe)/ Gonimbrasia (genus)/ Gonimbrasia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Rothschild, 1906)
Citation:	Bunaea macrothyris spec. nov.
Original genus:	Bunaea
Publication:	Rothschild W. 1906. Two new Saturniidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	13
Issue:
Pagination:	189–190
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2971722

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Gonimbrasia macrothyris (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Angola	Angola, Bihé [Kuito], Chissamba, 16.xi.1904, leg. W. J. Ansorge.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Angola		Rothschild W. 1906. Two new Saturniidae. page 190
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Congo		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [14]
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Oberthür C. 1910a. Notes pour servir à établir la faune française et algérienne des lépidoptères (suite). page 678 (as heroum)
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Kenya		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [14]
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Malawi		Bouvier E. L. 1930a. Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. page 98
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	South Africa		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 95
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Tanzania		Rebel H. 1906g. Ueber Aethiopische Saturniiden. page 100 (as regalis)
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 95
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Zimbabwe		Bouvier E. L. 1930a. Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. page 98

Plant note:

Description of the larva in Ch. Seydel (1939: 1319, as lubumbashii).

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

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Brachystegia randii	Caesalpiniaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 71 (as heroum)
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Brachystegia sp.	Caesalpiniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Brachystegia spiciformis	Caesalpiniaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 95
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Julbernardia paniculata	Fabaceae		Seydel Ch. 1939. Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la faune entomologique éthiopienne. page 1320 (as lubumbashii)
Gonimbrasia macrothyris (Rothschild, 1906)	Julbernardia sp.	Fabaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 95

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
Gonimbrasia heroum (Oberthür, 1910)	(Oberthür, 1910)	species	Synonym	Bunaea heroum
Gonimbrasia lubumbashii (Seydel, 1933)	(Seydel, 1933)	species	Synonym	Imbrasia lubumbashii
Gonimbrasia regalis (Rebel, 1906)	(Rebel, 1906)	species	Synonym	Bunaea regalis