Euchloron megaera

Euchloron megaera
Euchloron megaera, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Euchloron
Species: E. megaera
Binomial name
Euchloron megaera
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx megaera Linnaeus, 1758
  • Euchloron megaera cadioui Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010
  • Deilephila megaera lacordairei Boisduval, 1833

Euchloron megaera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa[2] and Yemen. It is a migratory species.

The length of the forewings is 40–50 mm and the wingspan is 96–121 mm. The body and forewings are bright deep green. The forewings have a black and white spot at the base, a dark brown spot near the tornus and one or two at the costa. The hindwings are orange-yellow with an irregular brown margin turning greenish near the tornus. There is a black spot at the base and a large, elongated black spot from inner margin to vein five.

The larvae feed on Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Vigna and Cissus species.[3]

Subspecies

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  3. Afromoths
  4. Haxaire J., 2010,Description de la sous-espèce réunionnaise d'Euchloron megaera - The European Entomologist, Vol.3, No.2

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