Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
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https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2022.56.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13240861 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387879E-FFE3-D315-FF21-5072FF1DF87D |
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Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) |
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Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773) View in CoL
Fig 3 View Figure 3 A-C.
Material examined: 5♂, 3♀, TANZANIA: Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 24.iii-12.iv.2021, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps
Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, São Tomé & Príncipe, mainland Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Prins & Prins 2022) and Zanzibar Island.
Comments. This is the most abundant species of Aganainae on Zanzibar. The yellow forms are most often collected on the island ( Figs 3 View Figure 3 A-B) but var. undulifera Walker 1856 can be found there as well ( Fig 3C View Figure 3 ).
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