Heniocha dyops

Heniocha dyops, the marbled emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae First described by J. Peter Maassen in 1872.^[1] It is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania.^[2]

Marbled emperor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Heniocha
Species:	H. dyops
Binomial name
Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
Saturnia dyops Maassen, 1872 Heniocha bioculata Aurivillius, 1879 Heniocha dryops Packard, 1914

The larvae feed on Acacia mearnsii, Acacia burkei, Acacia hereroensis, Acacia karroo, Acacia mellifera and Acacia nigrescens.^[3]