Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) 
            Oleander Hawk. 
            SYNONYMS
            Sphinx nerii, Daphnis bipartita, Deilephila nerii, 
            
            
            
            SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
              kitchingi, nerii, 
            
             
            DISTRIBUTION
              Algeria, Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 
              
             
            LARVAL FOODPLANTS
              Nerium oleander, Vinca minor, Adenium obesum, Rauwolfia caffra, Mitragyna stipulosa, Apodytes dimidiata, Bambusa, Burttdavya nyasica, Carissa macrocarpa, Clarantherus roseus, Gardenia jasminodes, Mangifera indica, Picralima nitida, Tabernaemontana divaricata, Thevetia peruviana, Voacanga thouarsii,