African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

 

SYNONYMS
Nephele vespera,


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

 

DISTRIBUTION
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Landolphia,

Nephele xylina
Upperside
 

Upperside ssp rybari

 
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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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Photo: D. Bygott