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Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847)

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) unknown Not stated. South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, 1845, leg. A. Delegorgue.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Angola Rougeot P.-C. 1962b. Lépidoptères Attacides du Musée de Dundo (Angola). page 153
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Ghesquière, J. 1934. Un Saturnide nouveau du Congo belge. page 1 (as bouvieri)
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Eswatini page K. Braun
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Ethiopia Guérin-Méneville F. E. 1849. Insectes. – In: Lefèbvre, T. Voyage en Abyssinie executé pendant les années 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 par une commission scientifique composée de MM Théophile Lefebvre, A. Petit, Quartin- Dillon et Vignaud. 4. Histoire naturelle: zoologie. + Atlas. page 388
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Kenya Testout H. 1940. Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères Saturnioïdes (VIII). Révision des Saturnioïdes macroures (Actiens de Sonthonnax). page 86
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Malawi Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 110
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Namibia Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 99
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) South Africa Mpumalanga Testout H. 1940. Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères Saturnioïdes (VIII). Révision des Saturnioïdes macroures (Actiens de Sonthonnax). page 86
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Boisduval J. B. A. 1847. Catalogue des Lépidoptères recueillis par M. Delegorgue pendant les années 1838–1844 à Port Natal, au pays des Amazoulous et dans la contrée de Massilicatzi. – In: Delegorgue A. (ed.), Voyage dans l'Afrique australe 1838–1844. page 600
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Tanzania Grünberg K. 1910c. Lepidoptera. – In: Schultze L.: Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. page 118 (as elucidata)
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Zambia Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 110
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Zimbabwe Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 37
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Ceiba pentandra Malvaceae Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Commiphora mollis Burseraceae Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 37
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Sclerocarya birrea Anacardiaceae Namibia Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. page 34
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Sclerocarya birrea Anacardiaceae South Africa Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. page 34
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Sclerocarya caffra Anacardiaceae South Africa Fawcett J. M. 1901. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera. page 303
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Sclerocarya caffra Anacardiaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 96
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Spirostachys africana Euphorbiaceae South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. page 37
Argema mimosae (Boisduval, 1847) Spirostachys africana Euphorbiaceae Namibia Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. page 34
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
Argema bouvieri Ghesquière, 1934 Ghesquière, 1934 species Synonym Argema bouvieri
Argema elucidata Grünberg, 1910 Grünberg, 1910 species Synonym Argema elucidata
Argema occidentalis Gschwandner, 1923 Gschwandner, 1923 species Synonym Argema occidentalis