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
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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.