African Moths Gambia


 

Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)

Arrow Sphinx.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx dumolinii,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
dumolinii, negus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus, Millettia aboensis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Hibiscus micranthus, Hibicus panduriformis, Dombeya rotundifolia, Dombeya cymosa, Carissa macrocarpa, Andersonia, Grewia bicolor, Grweia villosa, Grewia occidentalis,

Lophostethus dumolinii
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (CAR)
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Liebenberg