Erebus walkeri ( Butler, 1875a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 342

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C51B-FE8C-62F6-FF6CFDBD9882
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Erebus walkeri ( Butler, 1875a )
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Erebus walkeri ( Butler, 1875a) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Erebid moth. SYNONYM(S): Nyctipao valceri Hampson, 1913a .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,

Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province; Kaoma, in Western Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the African Moths (2019) webpage, larval foodplants include three Fabaceae species ( Pseudoentada natalensis Guinet , Adenopodia spicata (E.Mey.) C.Presl and Entada sp. ), one Rutaceae species ( Citrus sp. ), one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium sp. ) and one Boraginaceae species ( Cordia caffra Sond. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Butler 1897a; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Genus Ericeia Walker, 1858b View in CoL