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):
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaeDesmodium
Larval food (by plant species):
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaeGlycine max
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaeMucuna pruriens var. pruriens

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Moth species: Antheua simplex .
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401060, retrieved 24 May 2013

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