Erebus walkeri - Walker's owl

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Erebus walkeri
Erebus walkeri

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, left: Catapu, Mozambique; right: Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe.

Species details:

Note: The largest Erebiid species in Southern Africa
Distribution: Widespread in Subsaharan Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Fabaceae subfamily MimosoideaeEntada (Food plant)
Larval food (by plant species):
Literature: africanmoths.com

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Erebus walkeri .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400670, retrieved 7 October 2024

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