Achaea lienardi ( Boisduval, 1833 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 329-330

Achaea lienardi ( Boisduval, 1833) ( Fig. 36 )

COMMON NAME (S): Lienard’s Achaea .

SYNONYM(S): Ophiusa cerbera Guenée, 1852c ; Achaea chamaeleon Guenée, 1852c ; Ophiusa zabulon Guenée, 1852c ; Achaea spectatura Walker, 1858c ; Achaea intermedia Wallengren, 1856 ; Achaea ophismoides Walker, 1869b ; Achaea partita Walker, 1869b ; Ophisma externesignata Saalm ̧ller, 1880; Achaea hilaris Pl ̂tz, 1880.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Togo, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kaoma and Mongu, in Western Province ; Solwezi, in Northwestern Province ; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOL.STPLANT(S): Host plants include: two Rutaceae species ( Citrus sp. and Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk. ), one Sapindaceae species ( Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh. ), one Sapotaceae species ( Sideroxylon inerme L.), one Anacardiaceae species ( Ozoroa mucronata (Bernh. ex Krauss) R.Fern. & A.Fern. ), one Caesalpiniaceae species ( Schotia latifolia Jacq. ) and one Capparidaceae species ( Maerua triphylla A.Rich. ) in South Africa ( Prinsloo & Uys 2015; Taylor 1949); one Anacardiaceae species ( Anacardium occidentale L.) in Nigeria ( Asogwa et al. 2008) and one Capparidaceae species ( Maerua sp. ), one Sapindaceae species ( Pappea sp. ), one Anacardiaceae species ( Rhus sp. ), one Caesalpiniaceae species ( Schotia sp. ), one Sapotaceae species ( Sideroxylon sp. ) and one Rutaceae species ( Ptaeroxylon sp. ) in unnamed African country or countries ( Hacker & Hausmann 2010). The African Moths (2019) webpage further lists the following as larval food plants: four Fabaceae species (i.e. Acacia mearnsii De Wild. , Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso , Senegalia ataxacantha (DC.) Kyal. & Boatwr. and Acacia decurrens (J.C.Wendl.) Willd. ; one Sapotaceae species ( Sideroxylon inerme L.), one Rutaceae species ( Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk. ), one Sapindaceae species ( Allophylus decipiens Radlk. ), two Euphorbiaceae species ( Croton rivularis M̧ll.Arg. and Ricinus communis L.), one Pinaceae species ( Pinus patula ) and one Rhamnaceae species ( Scutia myrtina Kurz ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Asogwa et al. 2008; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hacker & Hausmann 2010; Hampson 1893; Prinsloo & Uys 2015; Taylor 1949.

Figures

FIGURES 35–37. Adult moths. 35a, Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)—Silver Striped Hawk or Vine Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected using a black light trap in Lusaka, 30 December 2010, dorsal view; 35b, ditto, ventral view. 36a, Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)—Common Striped Hawk (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected at a black light trap in Lusaka, 30 December 2010, dorsal view; 36b, ditto, ventral view. 37a, Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857—Comma Nephele, male (Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) collected by a black light trap in Lusaka, 4 January 2011, dorsal view; 37b, ditto, ventral view. Scale bar 2 cm. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.