African Moths Gambia


 

Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Verdant Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx megaera,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
magaera,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vigna, Cissus trothae, Cissus petiolata, Cissus arguta, Vitis vinifera, Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Rhoicissus tridentata,

Euchloron megaera
Upperside (KE)
 

Upperside (GA)

 
Upperside
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Photo: P. Buckham-Bonnet
 

Photo: JL. Albert

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (SL)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
 
Live (TZ)
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Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: D. Bygott
Live (NG)
 
Live (LR)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Ajibade
 
Photo: M. Stanton