African Moths Gambia


 

Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)

V Nephele.

SYNONYMS
Zonilia schimperi, Zonilia raffrayi, Zonilia vau,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 19
accentifera, aequivalens, argentifera, bipartita, comma, comorana, densoi, discifera, funebris, Iannini, leighi, maculosa, monostigma, oenopion, peneus, rectangulata, rosae, vau, xylina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Carissa edulis,

Nephele vau
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
Nephele vau   Nephele vau   Nephele vau
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Nephele vau   Nephele vau   Nephele vau
Photo: R. butler
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Distribution Map
 
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