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Gynanisa maja

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

Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836) *

COMMON NAME(S): Saturniid. Edible caterpillar (At least in Zambia).

SYNONYM(S): Saturnia isis Westwood, 1841; Saturnia campionea Signoret, 1845; Anacalaespina tata Wallengren, 1858; Attacus campiona Girard, 1882; Gynanisa macromaja Strand, 1920c.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kopa** and Mpika, in Muchinga Province; Mporokoso and Kasama, in Northern Province; Serenje, in Central Province; A locality in Southern Province [Latitude, - 15.30687S; Longitude, 26.01835E].

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include: four Fabaceae species (Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso; A. pubescens (Vent.) R.Br., A. mearnsii De Wild. and Acacia sp.) and two Mimosaceae species (Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels and another Elephantorhiza sp.) in South Africa (Fawcett 1901; Taylor 1949; Pinhey 1972b; van den Berg 1974; Prinsloo & Uys, 2015); one Fabaceae species (Acacia pubescens (Vent.) R.Br.) in Kenya (Gardner 1957); one Fabaceae species (Acacia erioloba E.Mey.) and one Caesalpiniaceae species (Colophospermum mopane (Benth.) Leonard) in Namibia (Oberprieler 1995) and one Caesalpiniaceae species (Brachystegia venosa Hutch. & Burtt Davy) in an unnamed country or region in Africa (Rougeot 1962). Host plants of the taxon in Zambia include Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin (Mbata et al. 2002).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Fawcett 1901; Gardner 1957; Hampson 1910c; Malaisse 1997; Mbata et al. 2002; Oberprieler 1995; Pinhey 1972b; Prinsloo & Uys 2015; Rougeot 1962; Scan-bugs Organization 2019a; Taylor 1949; van den Berg 1974.

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

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2C4ECFF7B62F6FE6CFDCE9EFF

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)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/553187B2C4ECFF7B62F6FE6CFDCE9EFF (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/316380982 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314453/taxon/553187B2C4ECFF7B62F6FE6CFDCE9EFF.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Klug
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Saturniidae
Genus
Gynanisa
Species
maja
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836) sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

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  • Westwood, J. O. (1841) n. k. In: Jardine W. (Ed.), The Naturalists Library. Vol. 32. Entomology 7. 1 st Edition. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, pp. 1 - 229, 34 pls. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 29967171]
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