Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905c

COMMON NAME(S): Victoria emerald.

SYNONYM(S): Victoria mirabilis Warren, 1911.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include three Loranthaceae species namely, Plicosepalus curviflorus Tiegh., Agelanthus natalitius (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens and Oncocalyx quinquenervius (Hochst.) Wiens & Polhill.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1; Pinhey 1975.