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the web of life in southern Africa
Subfamily: Bunaeini
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family: Saturniidae
List from Vári et al. (2002).
Athletes
Two species: Athletes gigas and Athletes semialba
Aurivillius
One species native to southern Africa: Aurivillius fuscus
Bunaea
One species native to southern Africa: Bunaea alcinoe
Bunaeopsis
Cinabra
Gynanisa
Two species: Gynanisa ata and Gynanisa maja
Heniocha
Imbrasia
Lobobunaea
Lobobunaea angasana Lobobunaea phaedusa
Melanocera
Two species: Melanocera dargei and Melanocera menippe*
Pseudobunaea
Rohaniella
One species native to southern Africa: Rohaniella pygmaea*
VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.
