Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4ED-FF7A-62F6-FE68FBA899F2 |
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Plazi |
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Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872) |
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Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872) View in CoL * ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 23–25 )
COMMON NAME (S): Marbled emperor. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chongwe and Kafue, in Lusaka Province; Mpika, in Muchinga Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include: three Fabaceae species ( Acacia mellifera (M.Vahl) Benth. , A. erubescens Oliv. and
A. hereroensis Engl. View in CoL ) in Namibia ( Oberprieler 1995) View in CoL and one Fabaceae View in CoL species ( A. nigrescens Oliv. View in CoL ) in
South Africa ( Oberprieler 1995). In addition to this, the African Moths (2019) website includes four other
Fabaceae View in CoL species namely, A. burkei Benth. View in CoL , A. fleckii Schinz View in CoL ; A. polyacantha Willd. View in CoL and Acacia mellifera
(M.Vahl) Benth. as larval foodplants of tbe taxon. No specific host plants of the taxon are reported for
Zambia. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Oberprieler 1995; Pinhey 1975.
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