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Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
Subspecies
[
Aterica
] galene galene (Brown, 1776)
-
cupavia
(Cramer, [1779])
-
buchholzi
(Plötz, 1880)
-
dimorpha
(Bartel, 1905)
-
extensa
(Heron, 1909)
-
luteofasciata
(Schultze, 1920)
-
albimacula
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
-
juncta
(Dufrane, 1933)
-
pierardi
(Dufrane, 1933)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
27
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
953
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
425
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWT
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Combretaceae
- Quisqualis
- Terminalia
Flacourtiaceae
- Scotellia
Combretaceae
- Quisqualis
- Terminalia
Flacourtiaceae
- Scotellia
Aterica galene
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011