African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)

Feneral Nephele.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx funebris, Nephele infernalis, Zonilia viridescens,


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, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Landolphia owariensis, Landolphia calabarica, Landolphia hirsuta, ,

Nephele funebris
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
 
Live (MZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Nephele funebris     Map
Photo: L. de Beer