African Moths Gambia


 

Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)

 

SYNONYMS
Ambulyx constrigilis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 8
bouyeri, constrigilis, dorsti, phyllis, pliabilis, stigmatica, vicaria, zabolicus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Alchornea cordifolia, Macrolobium macrophyllum, Anthonotha macrophylla, Baphia pubescens,

Platysphinx constrigilis
Upperside (GA)
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
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Photo: JL. Albert
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: JL. Albert
Live (LR)
 
Live (NG)
 
Live (TZ)
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Photo: M. Stanton
 
Photo: A. Ajibade
 
Photo: D. Bygott
Live (TZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Platysphinx constrigilis     Map
Photo: D. Bygott