Antheua simplex Walker - Burnished frill

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Antheua simplex
Antheua simplex
Antheua simplex
Antheua simplex

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Ndundu Lodge

Species details:

Note: 2 colour forms occur. The photos show the male of f. spurcata with the orange-red head and thorax, black abdomen and a single long streak on the forewing. In the photos right the specimen poses in the typical threat display showing warning colours.
Distribution: From Equatorial Africa to South Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
FabaceaeDesmodium
Larval food (by plant species):
FabaceaeGlycine max
FabaceaeMucuna pruriens var. pruriens

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Moth species: Antheua simplex .
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401060, retrieved 10 September 2010

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