African Moths Gambia


 

Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Silver Striped Hawk. Vine Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx celerio, Sphinx tisiphone, Deilephila albolineata, Deilephila inquilina, Hippotion ocys,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 25
aporodes, aurora, balsaminae, batschii, butleri, celerio, chloris, dexippus, eson, geryon, gracilis, griveaudi, irregularis, isis, moorei, osiris, pentagramma, rebeli, rosae, roseipennis, saclavorum, socotrensis, stigma, talboti, velox,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DRCongo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Rumex abyssinicus, Ampelopsis, Galium verum, Epilobium, Fuchsia, Boerhavia elegans, Beta vulgaris, Cissus cirrhora, Vitis vinifera, Acacia karoo, Acacia caffra, Impatiens, Vigna, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea involucrata,

Hippotion celerio
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 

Upperside

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  Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZA)
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Photo: R. Butler
 

 
Photo: T. Baron
Underside (GM)
 

Larva (ZW)

 

Larva (ZA)

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Photo: B.Wursten
 
Photo: H. Roland
Live (DRC)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden