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Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/ Saturniinae (subfamily)/ Attacini (tribe)/ Epiphora (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Westwood, 1849)
Citation:	Saturnia Mythimnia, 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:	40; pl. 8, fig. 3
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572441

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Epiphora mythimnia (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Botswana		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 33
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Kenya		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 33
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Mozambique		Distant W. L. 1903. Insecta Transvaaliensia: a contribution to a knowledge of the Entomology of South Africa. Order Lepidoptera. Suborder Heterocera. page 54
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Somalia		page P. Basquin
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia. page 40
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [2]
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Tanzania		Aurivillius C. 1910c. Lepidoptera – In: Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenen Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–06. Part 9. page 15
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 33
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 33

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Croton sylvaticus	Euphorbiaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 76
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Fernandoa sp.	Bignoniaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1984. The Gesneriaceae and Bignoniaceae as food-plants of the Lepidoptera. page 236
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Helinus integrifolius	Rhamnaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 82 (as H. ovatus)
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Ziziphus mucronata	Rhamnaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 98
Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)	Ziziphus sp.	Rhamnaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 96

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
Epiphora mythimna auct.	auct.	species	Misapplied	Epiphora mythimna
Epiphora scribonia Wallengren, 1860	Wallengren, 1860	species	Synonym	Epiphora scribonia