African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878

Blotched Nephele.

SYNONYMS


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, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Landolphia buchananii,

Nephele bipartita
Upperside (GA)
 

Upperside (GA)

 
Upperside
Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita
Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: JL. Albert

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
 
Live (NG)
Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita   Nephele bipartita
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: A. Ajibade
 
Distribution Map
 
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