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Gynanisa Walker, 1855
Gynanisa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1199 (key), TS: Saturnia isis Duncan [& Westwood]
Ancalaespina Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 140, TS: Ancalaespina tata Wallengren

Gynanisa maja (Klug, 1836)
S.Africa - E.Africa. See [About maps] Saturnia maja Klug, 1836; Neue Schmett. (1) : 7, pl. 5, f. 1
Saturnia isis Duncan [& Westwood], 1841; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn. 1) 33 (Ent. 7): 138, pl. 13
Anacalaespina tata Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 140, TL: Caffraria

Gynanisa westwoodi Rothschild, 1895
E.Africa. See [About maps] Gynanisa westwoodi Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 45, TL: Taveta, East Africa


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Some related literature:
Klug, 1836
Neue Schmetterlinge der Insenkten-Sammlung des Königl. Zoologischen Musei der Universität zu Berlin Neue Schmett. (1) : 1-8, pl. 1-5
Rothschild, 1895
Notes on Saturnidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some species Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 35-51, pl. 10
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Wallengren, 1858
Nya Fjärilslägten Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 75-84,135-142,209-215


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