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Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)

Subspecies

  • [Aterica] galene galene (Brown, 1776)
    - cupavia (Cramer, [1779])
    - buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
    - dimorpha (Bartel, 1905)
    - extensa (Heron, 1909)
    - luteofasciata (Schultze, 1920)
    - albimacula (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
    - juncta (Dufrane, 1933)
    - pierardi (Dufrane, 1933)

Adult morphologyWingspan27
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)953
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)425
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWT:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Combretaceae
    - Quisqualis
    - Terminalia
  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Scotellia

  • Combretaceae
    - Quisqualis
    - Terminalia
  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Scotellia

Aterica galene
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011