African Moths Gambia


 

Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)

Hawklet. Savanna Hawkmoth.

SYNONYMS
Lophura nana, Sphingonaepiopsis gracilipes,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
ansorgei, malgassica, nana, obscurus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Oldenlandia schimperi, Oldenlandia affinis, Galium, Hedyotis, Kohautia, Rubia, Jaubertia,

Sphingonaepiopsis nana
Upperside (GM)
 

Upperside (GM)

 
Upperside (GM)
Sphingonaepiopsis nana   Sphingonaepiopsis nana   Sphingonaepiopsis nana
 

 

 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Sphingonaepiopsis nana   Sphingonaepiopsis nana   Sphingonaepiopsis nana
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
  Live (GM)   Live (GM)
Sphingonaepiopsis nana
 
Sphingonaepiopsis nana
 
Sphingonaepiopsis nana
 
 
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Sphingonaepiopsis nana     Map
Photo: J. Heyns