Gonimbrasia rhodina ( Rothschild, 1907b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 160

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scientific name	Gonimbrasia rhodina ( Rothschild, 1907b )
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Gonimbrasia rhodina ( Rothschild, 1907b)

COMMON NAME (S): Black-ringed Emperor. Edible caterpillar (“Kisukubia” or “Finamusuku” in “Bemba language in Zambia). SYNONYM(S): Nudaurelia rubra Bouvier, 1927d .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘ Lusaka,’ in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): In Kenya host plants of this taxon include one Cyperaceae species ( Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. ), one Fabaceae species ( Acacia mearnsii De Wild. ), two Pinaceae species ( Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl.

& Cham. and P. radiata D.Don ), one Rosaceae species ( Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman ) and one

Cornaceae species ( Cornus volkensii Harms ). No host pants of the taxon have been reported in Zambia or elsewhere in Africa .

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Joly et al. 2008.