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Pseudobunaea irius
Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793
First described in: Fabricius J. C., 1793, Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. vol 3 issue 1 pages i–vi, 1–487
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
LARVAL HOSTPLANT (S): Larval foodplants include: four Fabaceae species (Bauhinia sp., Pterocarpus tinctorius Welw., Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. and Acacia mearnsii De Wild.), three Caesalpiniaceae species (Brachystegia spiciformis Benth., B. randii Baker f. and Bauhinia thonningii Schum.), one Salicaceae species (Populus deltoides Marshall), four species of Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus sp., E. fastigata H. Deane & Maiden, E. macarthurii H. Deane & Maiden and E. nitens (H. Deane & Maiden) Maiden), one species of Leguminosae (Pseudoberlinia paniculata (Benth.) J. Duvign.), one Phyllanthaceae species (Uapaca nitida M ̧ ll. Arg.), one Cupressaceae subspecies (Cupressus arizonica Greene), six Pinaceae species (Pinus caribaea Morelet, P. devoniana Lindl., P. montezumae Lamb., P. patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham., P. pseudostrobus Lindl. and Pinus radiata D. Don) and one Fagaceae species (Quercus palustris M ̧ nchh.) in South Africa (Pinhey 1972 b; van den Berg 1973; Oberprieler 1995); one Fabaceae species (Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin) in Zimbabwe (Oberprieler 1995) and one Fabaceae species (Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin) and one Phyllanthaceae species (Uapaca nitida M ̧
Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kasama, in Northern Province; Mpika and Isoka, in Muchinga Province; Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.
Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pseudobunaea irius in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 1867964.