Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 148

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15196731
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b )
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Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b) View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Saturniid or Edible caterpillars (Kwanatengo, in Zambia).

SYNONYM(S): Antheraea thyene Weymer, 1896 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Nchelenge, in Luapula Province; Kasama, in Northern Province; Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Kopa, in Muchinga Province; Kasempa, in Northwestern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include grasses ( Poaceae ) and Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. (Phyllanthaceae) .

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Malaisse 1997.