African Moths Gambia


 

Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)

Grey Hippotion.

SYNONYMS
Darapsa rosae,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 25
aporodes, aurora, balsaminae, batschii, butleri, celerio, chloris, dexippus, eson, geryon, gracilis, griveaudi, irregularis, isis, moorei, osiris, pentagramma, rebeli, rosae, roseipennis, saclavorum, socotrensis, stigma, talboti, velox,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cissus rotundiflora,

Hippotion rosae
Upperside (SO)
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic

 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Live (ZA)
 
Live (MZ)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: L. de Beer