African Moths Gambia


 

Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)

Natal Sphinx.

SYNONYMS
Diludia natalensis, Poliana oheffernani,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 14
buchholzi, carcassoni, chrismonika, haileselassiei, joannoui, kingstoni, kuchleri, natalensis, pinheyi, ploetzi, politzari, schaarschmidti, stevecollinsi, stroehlei,

 

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


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Markhamia lutea, Markhamia platycalyx, Olea europaea, Olea africana, Vitex rehmannii, Spathodea campanulata, Spathodea nilotica, Brachystegia,

Macropoliana natalensis
Upperside
 

Upperside (UG)

 
Upperside (TZ)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: T. Baron

 
Photo: T. Kingston
Underside (UG)
 
Live (CM)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet