African Moths Gambia


 

Falcatula falcatus (Rothschild and Jordan, 1903)

Falcate Polyptychus.

SYNONYMS
Polyptychus falcata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
cymatodes, falcata, prenumbra, svaricki, tamsi,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Sclerocarya caffra, Erythrina abyssinica, Erythrina excelsa,

Falcatula falcatus
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Live (UG)
 
Live (ML)
 
Live (DRC)
Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus   Falcatula falcatus
Photo: B. Handcock
 
Photo: G. Brown
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Distribution Map
 
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