Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 is a animal in the Eupterotidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Jana eurymas is a eupterotid moth described in 1854, found across much of Africa, whose larvae feed on specific plants.

Family
Genus
Jana
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Jana eurymas, commonly called the banded monkey, is a moth species belonging to the family Eupterotidae. This species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It can be found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. The larvae of Jana eurymas feed on plants of Canthium species and on Psydrax obovata.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Eupterotidae Jana

More from Eupterotidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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