Amata phegea (Linnaeus, 1758)

English: | Nine-spotted |
German: | Wießfleckwidderchen |
Danish: | |
Date: | 05/06/2005 |
Location: | Austria, Wien, Hadersdorf-Salzwiese |
Copyright: | Per Hoffmann Olsen |
Camera: | Canon EOS 20D |
Lens: | Sigma 150mm 1:2.8 APO Macro |
In all of Europe we only have six species of the Amata Genus - if we step up to the Tribe where Amata belongs, we get 3 additional Dysauxes species . In Africa below Sahara there are over 100 known Amata species. Have a look at these on this nice AfroMoths website. There is no direct link to the Amata Pictures, you have to do some work yourself.
Click on this link http://www.afromoths.net/species/pictures and then type in "Amata" in the "Filter by genus" Dropdown. Enjoy!