Bunaea aslauga

Bunaea aslauga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Bunaea
Species: B. aslauga
Binomial name
Bunaea aslauga
Kirby, 1877
Synonyms
  • Bunaea cambouei Oberthür, 1916
  • Bunaea densilineata Oberthür, 1916
  • Bunaea diospyri Mabille, 1879
  • Bunaea oberthuri Bouvier, 1926
  • Bunaea plumicornis Butler, 1882
  • Bunaea urania Oberthür, 1916

Bunaea aslauga, the Madagascar emperor moth, is an African moth species belonging to the family Saturniidae. It has been found in Kenya and in Madagascar[1]

It has a wingspan of 100-150mm .

Food plants

One of its foodplants is Intsia bijuga,[2] a species in the Fabaceae family.

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Bull.mens.Soc.Linn., Lyon, 2007, 76 (6), Le Radeau des Cimes au Parc National de Masoala (Madagascar), page 151


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