Gonimbrasia emini (Butler, 1888)

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Gonimbrasia
SPECIES emini
AUTHOR(Butler, 1888)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAntheraea emini, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY[Tanzania], Stazione Gadda, 01.vi.1884, leg. E. Pasha.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888:56-85.
PAGINATION 84 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
germaini Bouvier, 1926 Synonym of species
gschwandneri Rebel, 1917 Synonym of species
latifasciata (Sonthonnax, 1901) Synonym of species
nyassanae Rebel, 1917 Synonym of species
xanthofacis Stoneham, 1962 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Benin   Sonthonnax L. 1901b. Essai de classification des Lépidoptères producteurs de soie. Saturniens. - — 3:1-76, pls 1-29. 20 (as latifasciata)
Cameroon   Rebel H. 1917b. Über äthiopische Saturniiden. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 31:161-168. 164 (as gschwandneri)
Central African Republic     P. Basquin
Congo   Bouvier E. L. 1926c. Notes sur les Nudaurelia. - Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 32:345-351. 349 (as germaini)
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. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6):109-369, pls 6-14. 318
Côte d'Ivoire     P. Basquin
Ghana   Naumann S. 2008. Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :93-116. 99
Guinea   Rougeot P.-C. 1955. Les Attacides (Saturnidae) de l'Equateur Africain français. - — 34:1-116, pls 1-12. 71
Kenya   Rougeot P.-C. 1962a. Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique noire occidentale. Attacidés (= Saturniidés). - Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (A) 14(4):1-214. 110
Tanzania   Butler A. G. 1888b. On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pasha. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888:56-85. 84
Togo   Naumann S. 2008. Saturniidae, Brahmaeidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :93-116. 99
Uganda   Rebel H. 1917b. Über äthiopische Saturniiden. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 31:161-168. 164 (as gschwandneri)
Zambia   Butler A. G. 1895a. On collections of Lepidoptera from British East Africa and Lake Tanganyika. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895:250-270, pls 1-2. 270

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Proteaceae Protea bismarckii West Africa Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 80(1):144-163, pls 1-3; (2): 119-135. 155
Anacardiaceae Rhus sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 97
Euphorbiaceae Bridelia sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 97
Clusiaceae Psorospermum sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 97
Myrtaceae Psidium guajava East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 97

*   Description of the larva in A. Schultze (1914: 155).