Heniocha dyops

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)
Synonyms
	Saturnia dyopsMaassen, 1872; Heniocha bioculataAurivillius, 1879; Heniocha dryopsPackard, 1914;

Last updated December 17, 2025

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]

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

References

1 2 Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Heniocha dyops (Maassen & Weymer 1886)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
↑ "Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
↑ African Moths Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine

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[Maassen-1] 1 2 Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Heniocha dyops (Maassen & Weymer 1886)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.

[2] "Heniocha dyops (Maassen, 1872)". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 2024-06-06.

[3] African Moths Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine

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