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Tagoropsis hanningtoni

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia

Description

Tagoropsis hanningtoni (Butler, 1883a)

COMMON NAME(S): Gold Marbled Emperor or Edible caterpillar (“Kisansapelebele” in “Bemba” language in Zambia).

SYNONYM(S): Tagoropsis nzoiana Stoneham, 1933; Tagoropsis songeana Strand, 1911e.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke in East Luangwa district, N.E. Rhodesia [N.E. Zambia], in Eastern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include one Sapindaceae species Allophylus africanus P.Beauv. (Pinhey 1972b; African Moths 2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Pinhey 1972b.

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 173, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2C4E2FF7562F6FCE3FBA49E0E

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10130434 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A908FFCAC44EFFD96261FFB3FFBF9A67 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/553187B2C4E2FF7562F6FCE3FBA49E0E (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/316380862 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314453/taxon/553187B2C4E2FF7562F6FCE3FBA49E0E.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Butler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Saturniidae
Genus
Tagoropsis
Species
hanningtoni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tagoropsis hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Butler, A. G. (1883 a) On some Lepidoptera from the Victoria Nyanza. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 12 (68), 101 - 107 [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 16006469] https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938309459585
  • Stoneham, H. F. (1933) New species and forms of Saturnidae Schrank, from Kenya Colony. Br. E. Africa. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum, 16, 1 - 4.
  • Strand, E. (1911 e) Saturniidae aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben, 5 (40), 285 - 290.
  • Pinhey, E. C. G. (1972 b) Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. C. Struik (PTY) Ltd., Cape Town, 150 pp.
  • African Moths (2019) Not available anymore from https: // africanmoths. com / (accessed 23 November 2019)
  • 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)
  • Hampson, G. F. (1910 c) Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910 (2), 388 - 510, pls. 36 - 41. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 31563124] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1910. tb 01899. x