Lobobunaea acetes
Species of moth
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Lobobunaea acetes is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1849. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.[2]
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| Male from Cameroon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Lobobunaea |
| Species: | L. acetes |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobobunaea acetes | |
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Taxonomy
Lobobunaea leopoldi is treated as a valid species by some sources.
Gallery
Adult from the Central African Republic
