African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1865)

 

SYNONYMS
Pachylia aequivalens, Nephele zebu,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 19
accentifera, aequivalens, argentifera, bipartita, comma, comorana, densoi, discifera, funebris, Iannini, leighi, maculosa, monostigma, oenopion, peneus, rectangulata, rosae, vau, xylina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Funtumia elastica, Landolphia buchananii, Macrolobium macrolobium, Chrysophyllum albidum, Alstonia boonei,

Nephele aequivalens
Upperside (GA)
 

Upperside (GM)

 
Upperside
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Photo: JL. Albert
 

 

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
  Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
 
Underside (GA)
 
Live (CAR)
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Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (TZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Nephele aequivalens     Map
Photo: D. Bygott