African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

 

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
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Landolphia,

Nephele maculosa
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
 

Upperside

Nephele maculosa   Nephele maculosa   Nephele maculosa
Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic

 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GA)
 
Underside (CM)
 
Live (LR)
Nephele maculosa   Nephele maculosa   Nephele maculosa
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: M. Stanton
Live (CM)
 
 
Distribution Map
Nephele maculosa     Map
Photo: A. Guyonnet