African Moths Gambia


 

Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)

Striped Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx livornica, Sphinx koechlini, Celerio lineata malagassica, Hyles renneri, Hyles saharae, Hyles tatsienluica,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
biguttata, euphorbiae, livornica, tithymali,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Boerhavia elegans, Bulbine asphodeloides, Aloe striata, Acacia, Antirrhinum, Asparagus, Rhazya stricta, Eremurus, Fragaria, Fuchsia, Galium, Oldenlandia, Pelargonium, Plantago, Rumex, Valeriana, Vitis, Zygophyllum fabago, Prunus, Polygonum, Portulaca,

Hyles livornica
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (GM)
Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica
 
Photo: P. Buckham-Bonnet
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GM)
Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (KE)
 
Live (BW)
Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica   Hyles livornica
 
Photo: P. Buckham-Bonnet
 
Photo: C. Sydes
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Hyles livornica     map
Photo: A. Liebenberg