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Imbrasia Hübner, [1819]
Imbrasia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 154, TS: Phalaena epimethea Drury
Lomelia Duncan [& Westwood], 1841; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn. 1) 33 (Ent. 7): 125, TS: Phalaena epimethea Drury

Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1773)
Nigeria, ...?. See [About maps] Phalaena epimethea Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 22, index, pl. 13, f. 1, TL: Calabar

Imbrasia cytherea (Fabricius, 1775)
Tanzania - S.Africa, ...?. See [About maps] Bombyx cytherea Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 557
Imbrasia cytherea lucida Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 3, TL: Langenburg, Lake Nyasa, German East Africa

Imbrasia anthina (Karsch, 1892)
-. See [About maps] Antheraea anthina Karsch, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (23) : 353
I. a. xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
W.Africa Imbrasia anthina xanthomma Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 3, TL: Gold Coast; Sierra Leone

Imbrasia gueinzii (Staudinger, 1872)
Tanzania, ...?. See [About maps] Antheraea gueinzii Staudinger, 1872; Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 33 (4-6) : 120-123
Imbrasia gueinzii nyassana Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 3, TL: Langenburg, Lake Nyassa, German East Africa

Imbrasia wahlbergi (Boisduval, 1847)
Saturnia wahlbergi Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 600

Imbrasia rhodina Rothschild, 1907
Tanzania, ...?. See [About maps] Imbrasia wahlbergi rhodina Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 3, TL: Kigonsera, N.E. of Lake Nyassa, German East Africa

Imbrasia emini (Butler, 1888)
Cameroon. See [About maps] Antheraea emini Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 84, TL: Stazione Gadda
Imbrasia emini ; [NHM]


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References:
[About maps]
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[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index


Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1847
Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
Butler, 1888
On the Lepidoptera received from Dr. Emin Pascha [from Equatorial Africa] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 56-85
Drury, 1773
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2 : 1-90, pl. 1-50
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Karsch, 1892
Vorläufige Beschreibung einer neuen Saturniide aus dem Kamerungebirge Ent. Nachr. 18 (23) : 353-354
Rothschild, 1907
New African Saturniidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 1-10
Staudinger, 1872
Antheraea Gueinzii, eine neue Saturnide aus Port-Natal Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 33 (4-6) : 120-123


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