Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Aurivillius lucidus Darge 2013

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485 & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia jurate. deprins @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7637 - 5755 & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia kmbata 51 @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 7628 - 8485

Description

Aurivillius lucidus Darge, 2013a

COMMON NAME(S): Saturniid.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Zambia (endemic species).

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Rufunsa Ranch in Lower Zambesi [now Zambezi] National Park [Latitude, - 15°22’0” S; Longitude, 29°18’0” E; Altitude, 3730 ft or 1136.9 m], in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: Darge 2013b; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Notes

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on page 146, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Darge
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Saturniidae
Genus
Aurivillius
Species
lucidus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aurivillius lucidus Darge, 2013 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Darge, Ph. (2013 a) Nouvelles donnees sur la faune entomologique de Zambie, avec description de plusieurs especes des genres Adafroptilum et Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Saturnafrica, 15, 3 - 17, pls. A - D.
  • Darge, Ph. (2013 b) Considerations sur les Aurivillius du groupe de seydeli Rougeot 1962, avec description d'especes nouvelles originaires d'Afrique orientale (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Bunaeini). Saturnafrica, 16, 25 - 32, pls. F - Q.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2022) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: https: // www. afromoths. net / (accessed 20 June 2023)