Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 164

Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872) * ( Fig. 24 )

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. ) in Namibia ( Oberprieler 1995) and one Fabaceae species ( A. nigrescens Oliv. ) in

South Africa ( Oberprieler 1995). In addition to this, the African Moths (2019) website includes four other

Fabaceae species namely, A. burkei Benth. , A. fleckii Schinz ; A. polyacantha Willd. 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.

Figures

FIGURES 23–25. Caterpillars. 23a, b, Cirina forda orientalis—Pallid Emperor (Saturniidae: Saturniinae). 6th Instar larva at Riverside Motel (RIMO) in Kafue, 22 January 2011. 24, Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1894) — Anomalous Emperor or Mopane Worm (Saturniidae: Saturniinae), 5th and 6th instar larvae at RIMO, in Kafue, 17 January 2011. 25, Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1894)—Anomalous Emperor or Mopane Worm (Saturniidae: Saturniinae), 6th instar larva at RIMO, in Kafue, 17 January 2011. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.