African Moths Gambia


 

Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856)

Morgan's Hawkmoth.

SYNONYMS
Macrosila morganii,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
morganii,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Anona senegalensis, Uvaria ovata, Ibaria, Xylopia, Hexalobus crispiflorus,

Xanthopan morganii
Upperside (GM)
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside ssp praedicta
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (GM)
 
Live (CM)
 
Distribution Map
Xanthopan morganii   Xanthopan morganii   Map
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet