Nephele vau
Nephele vau is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is common throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara, but rarer in southern Africa.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Nephele |
| Species: | N. vau |
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The length of the forewings is 25–31 mm. The black abdominal spots are somewhat diffuse and narrow. The ground colour is variable, ranging from pale greyish buff to coppery-brown and to olive-green. The forewings have a large dark olive to reddish-brown subtriangular spot. There is a V-shaped golden-white stigma. The hindwings are olive bordered with brown or copper.
The larvae feed on Carissa edulis.
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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