Afroclanis calcareus, Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
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Afroclanis calcareus |
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Afroclanis calcareus View in CoL ( Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
COMMON NAME (S): Ruby Polyptychus or Ruby Polyptychus Hawkmoth.
SYNONYM(S): Polyptychus burorum Strand, 1915b .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Luangwa bridge between Lusaka and Eastern Provinces.
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Phyllanthaceae species ( Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. ) and one Fabaceae species ( Pterocarpus rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce ) ( African Moths 2019).
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.
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