African Moths Gambia


 

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, Seychelles, 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,

Daphnis nerii
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Larve (CM)
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Photo: R. Butler
 

 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
Larva (TZ)
  Pupa (CM)  
Live (ML)
Daphnis nerii
 
Daphnis nerii
 
Daphnis nerii
Photo: D. Bygott   Photo: A. Guyonnet  

Photo: T. Daum

Live
 
Live (CAR)
 
Distribution map
Daphnis nerii   Daphnis nerii   map
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: N. Voaden