African Moths Gambia


 

Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)

 

SYNONYMS
Enyo sardanus, Diodosida uniformis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 67
albilinea, angulosa, argyropeza, atrofasciata, avinoffi, bafutiana, bouyeri, burdoni, camerounensis, crenulata, curtula, dierli, elegans, elisabethae, engis, eranga, fumosa, funebris, grandidieri, griseata, hirsutus, hollandi, iapygoides, inornatum, kaguru, leighi, livida, magambana, marginata, masungai, merukilia, mirabilis, murina, namaqua, natalis, neodentata, nephele, nitidia, ntombi, occidentalis, orientalis, palpalis, peckoveri, plagiata, probata, prokopci, pseudopylas, pylades, pylas, radiata, rattrayi, reutlingeri, robertsoni, rotundus, rungwe, sardanus, scheveni, scitula, spiritus, stevensi, subapicalis, subrubra, swynnertoni, turlini, uluguru, wollastoni, zantus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Psychotria, Morinda morindoides,

Temnora sardanus
Upperside (TZ)
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus
Photo: Copenhagen Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside ssp canui
 
Underside (SL)
 
Live (SL)
Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus   Temnora sardanus
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Live (SL)
 
Live (SL)
 
Distribution Map
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