African Moths Gambia


 

Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

 

SYNONYMS
Chaerocampa orpheus
, Panacra natalensis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 14
ankae, cajus, capensis, dominikae, jugurtha, maranguensis, monteironis, mothironi, orpheus, perkeo, rezaci, tessmanni, ugandae, viridis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ansellia africana, Aerangis, Polystachya ottoniana, Polystacha pubescens,

Theretra orpheus
Upperside (RW)
 

Upperside (RW)

 
Upperside (RW)
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Photo: Charaxes
 

Photo: Charaxes

 
Photo: Charaxes
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Underside (CM)
Theretra orpheus   Theretra orpheus   Theretra orpheus
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
Larva (ZA)
 

Larva (ZA)

 

Pupa (ZA)

Theretra orpheus
 
Theretra orpheus
 
Theretra orpheus
Photo: S. Woodhall
 
Photo: S. Woodhall
 
Photo: S. Woodhall
Live (TZ)
 
Live (CM)
 
Distribution Map
Theretra orpheus   Theretra orpheus   map
Photo: D. Bygott
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet