Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Saturniidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Imbrasia | |
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Similar Imbrasia, Imbrasia epimethea, Lobobunaea phaedusa, Lobobunaea, Pseudantheraea discrepans | ||
Imbrasia obscura is a species of moth belonging to the Saturniidae family.
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Description
Imbrasia obscura has a wingspan reaching about 10–11 centimetres (3.9–4.3 in). The basic colour of the wings is brown, with two black, red and white large eye spots on each hind wing. Larvae are whitish, with black markings, while the head and the spiny appendages are red, with white hairs.
Distribution
This species can be found in the tropical Africa, mainly in Angola, Guinea, Cameroon and Nigeria).
References
Imbrasia obscura Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA