Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 166-167

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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scientific name

Imbrasia ertli Rebel, 1904
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COMMON NAME (S): Confused Emperor.

SYNONYM(S): Imbrasia paradoxa Dufrane, 1953 ; Imbrasia vesperina Stoneham, 1962 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: five Fabaceae species ( Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin , J. globiflora

(Benth.) Troupin, Robinia pseudoacacia L., Laburnum sp. , and Acacia sp. ); two Caesalpiniaceae species ( Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. and B. glaucescens Burtt Davy & Hutch. ) and one Meliaceae ( Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. ) ( African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1972b.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Saturniidae

Genus

Imbrasia

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