Melanocera

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 [maps]
- Saturna menippe Westwood, 1849; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1849) 17: 43, pl. 9, f. 2MPort Natal
- Melanocera menippe, African Moths [AFM]
Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907 Angola, .... See [maps]
- Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (115): 5; TL: Caiala, near Bihé, Angola
Melanocera nereis (Rothschild, 1898) Congo. See [maps]
- Nudaurelia nereis Rothschild, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (3): 605; TL: Bopoto, Upper Congo
- Melanocera nereis; [NHM card]

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References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[maps]
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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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