Lobobunaea saturnus (Fabricius, 1793)

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Lobobunaea
SPECIES saturnus
AUTHOR(Fabricius, 1793)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONB.[ombyx] Saturnus
TYPE LOCALITY[Africa], "Habitat in Indiis Dom. Francillon." [ex errore].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Not stated.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Fabricius J. C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. - — 3(1):i-vi, 1-487.
PAGINATION 409 Bhl

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
ammon (Karsch, 1898) Synonym of species
angasana (Westwood, 1849) Synonym of species
hannibal (Karsch, 1898) Synonym of species
orientis (Le Cerf, 1922) Synonym of species
phaedusaorientis Gaede, 1927 Synonym of species
tanganicae (Sonthonnax, 1899) Synonym of species
weymeri Aurivillius, 1910 Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Rougeot P.-C. 1962b. Lépidoptères Attacides du Musée de Dundo (Angola). - Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 58:143-154. 151 (as angasana)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Rougeot P.-C. & Allard V. 1966. Note sur une collection de Lépidoptères Attacidae du Katanga. - Lambillionea 66(1-2):1-13. 10 (as angasana)
Kenya   Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. - — :387-482, pls 40-43. 456 (as orientis)
Malawi   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Mozambique   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
South Africa   Westwood J. O. 1849. Monograph of the large African species of nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 17:33-61, pls vii-x. 52 (as angasana)
Tanzania   Karsch F. 1898b. Über die auf der Irangi-Expedition gesammelten Orthoptera und Lepidoptera. - In: Werther C. W. Die mittleren Hochländer der nördlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. - — :311-317. 314 (as ammon)
Zambia   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Apocynaceae Acokanthera sp. South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Anisophylleaceae Anisophyllea laurina South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Icacinaceae Apodytes dimidiata South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 69 (as angasana)
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus sp. Angola Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Myrtaceae Eugenia cordata South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 79 (as angasana)
Anacardiaceae Protorhus longifolia South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 90 (as angasana)
Phyllanthaceae Uapaca kirkiana South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 97 (as angasana)
Phyllanthaceae Uapaca nitida South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 99 (as angasana)
Apocynaceae Acokanthera 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