African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)

Silver Barred Nephele.

SYNONYMS
Zonilia argentifera,


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

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Carissa macrocarpa, Landolphia,

Nephele argentifera
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Underside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic