Summary ²

Gynanisa maja (speckled emperor or chipumi) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is known from South Africa to eastern Africa (up to Angola and Zambia). Gynanisa nigra is just a darker form and not a distinct species.

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1. (c) Joachim Louis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Joachim Louis
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynanisa_maja

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