Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Scäffer, 1854

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 344

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.15197902
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C519-FE8E-62F6-FC08FC359F33
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Scäffer, 1854
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COMMON NAME(S): Red tail.

SYNONYM(S): Enmonodia endoxantha Hampson, 1913a ; Enmonodia hampsoni Aurivillius, 1925b ; Enmonodia lunifera Aurivillius, 1925 ; Hypopyra miniata Wallengren, 1856 ; Enmonodia occidentalis Hampson, 1913a ; Enmonodia plumbefusa Hampson, 1913a ; Enmonodia pulverulenta Hampson, 1913a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Monze and Livingstone, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include two Fabaceae species, Acacia sassa and Albiza adianthifolia ( African Moths 2019) .

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1902 a.