Gynanisa maja - Speckled emperor

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Gynanisa maja

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, DRCongo, Uganda, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and South Africa,
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaePterocarpus (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeCassia abbreviata (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily CaesalpinioideaeJulbernardia globiflora (Larval foodplant)
Literature:
Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-25

The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Gynanisa maja .
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402960, retrieved 24 October 2025

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