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Melanocera Sonthonnax, 1901

Melanocera Sonthonnax, 1901; Essai Class. Lépid. prod. Soie 3: 58, TS: Saturnia menippe Westwood
Melanocera Sonthonnax, 1901; Rapp. Lab. Etud. Soie. 10: 114, TS: Saturnia menippe Westwood

Melanocera menippe (Westwood, 1849)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Saturna menippe Westwood, 1849; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1849) 17 : 43, pl. 9, f. 2MPort Natal

Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907

Angola, .... See [About maps] Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 5, TL: Caiala, near Bihé, Angola

Melanocera nereis (Rothschild, 1898)

Congo. See [About maps] Nudaurelia nereis Rothschild, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (3): 605, TL: Bopoto, Upper Congo
Melanocera nereis ; [NHM]

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References:

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[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:

Rothschild, 1898

Some new Lepidoptera from the East Novit. Zool. 5 (2): 216-219, (3): 602-605

Rothschild, 1907

New African Saturniidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115) : 1-10

Westwood, 1849

Monograph of the large African Species of Nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging to or allied to the Genus Saturnia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1849) 17 : 33-61, pl. 7-10

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