Lobobunaea acetes

Lobobunaea acetes
Lobobunaea acetes male from Cameroon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Lobobunaea
Species: L. acetes
Binomial name
Lobobunaea acetes
(Westwood, 1849)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lobobunaea alberici Dufrane, 1953
  • Lobobunaea rautenstrauchorum Lampe, 1994
  • Bunaea leopoldi Bouvier, 1930
  • Lobobunaea leopoldi

Lobobunaea acetes is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]

Taxonomy

Lobobunaea leopoldi is treated as a valid species by some sources.

References

  1. ↑ Lepidoptera Barcoding of Life: Saturniidae
  2. ↑ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2017-07-26.


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