African Moths Gambia


 

Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)

Oriental Bee Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx hylas,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
apus, hylas,
leucogaster, rufescens, santome, tamsi, trochilus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Benin, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Coffea, Kraussia lanceolata, Gardenia augusta, Guettarda speciosa, Pavetta mollissima, Morelia senegalensis, Camthium bibracteatum, Burchellia, Vangueria,

Cephonodes hylas
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
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Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: M. Neynes
Live (TZ)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: D. Bygott
 
Photo: D. Penney