African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)

 

SYNONYMS
Sphinx peneus, Sphinx didyma, Nephele pachyderma,


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, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cryptolepis hypoglauca, Taccazea apiculata, Parquetina nigrescens, Mondia whitei,

Nephele peneus
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside
Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (SL)
 
Live (KE)
 
Live (TZ)
Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus
 
Photo: Z. Wijtten
 
Photo: M. Grimm
Live (TZ)
 
Live (NG)
 
Distribution Map
Nephele peneus   Nephele peneus   Map
Photo: M. Grimm
 
Photo: A. Ajibade