The African Pachytrina genus consists of approximately sixteen species, which all look very similar making a correct identification rather difficult. Especially the members of the honrathii complex are difficult to keep apart. Rearing them from eggs and thus having seen the caterpillars does help. Those will be displayed in my next post. Given how hard a proper ID is, the exact distribution of honrathii is a bit unclear. It is a primarily Central African species, with records from Cameroon and Congo east to Tanzania and extending into West Africa (at least as far as Ivory Coast). The females are large, with a wingspan in between seven and eight and a half centimeter. The males are a lot smaller (wingspan in between four and half and five and a half centimeter). It's a fast developing species with moths already emerging after a pupal stage of three weeks. When kept warm, honrathii will brood continuously.
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| Pachytrina honrathii female - Origin: Cameroon |
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| Pachytrina honrathii male - Origin: Cameroon |
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| Pachytrina honrathii female - Origin: Cameroon |
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| Pachytrina honrathii male - Origin: Cameroon |
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| Pachytrina honrathii male - Origin: Cameroon |