African Moths Gambia


 

Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)

 

SYNONYMS
Dewitzia pygarga,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
ancylus, centralis, choveti, compar, consimilis, convexus, prionites, pygarga, serrator, spurrelli,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Berlinia globiflora, Maesopsis eminii, Julbernardia globiflora, Erythrophloeum, Cassia javanica, Blighia sapida, Bridelia ferruginea,

Neopolyptychus pygarga
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic

 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
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Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden