Ludia hansalii hansalii Felder C. & Felder R., 1874

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FAMILY	Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY	Saturniinae
GENUS	Ludia
SPECIES	hansalii
SUBSPECIES	hansalii
AUTHOR	Felder C. & Felder R., 1874
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Ludia Hansalii F.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Eritrea], Abyssinia, Bogos, leg. Hansal.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Subspecies
PUBLICATION	Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
PAGINATION	6, pl. 89, fig. 1

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Burundi			P. Basquin
Eritrea		Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.	6
Uganda		Rothschild W. 1907c. New African Saturniidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 20:1-10.	10 (as eximia)

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Asteraceae	Tarchonanthus camphoratus	Kenya	Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219.	206 (as hansali)

*   Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 206).