African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele rosae Butler, 1875

White Banded 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, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Berttdavya nyasica, Mitragyna stipulosa, Mussaenda arcuata, Nauclea diderrichii, Uncaria africana,

Nephele rosae
Upperside (RW)
 

Upperside

 
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Photo: Oxford Museum

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