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Gynanisa maja - Speckled emperor

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Gynanisa maja

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, DRCongo, Uganda, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and South Africa,
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaePterocarpus (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeCassia abbreviata (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeColophospermum mopane (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeJulbernardia globiflora (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaePeltophorum africanum (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeAcacia karroo (Larval foodplant)
FagaceaeQuercus robur (Larval foodplant)
Literature:
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Gynanisa maja .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402960, retrieved 21 November 2024

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