Biology:Euchloron megaera

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Euchloron megaera
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Euchloron megaera, adult
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Euchloron
Species:
E. megaera
Binomial name
Euchloron megaera
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

  • Euchloron megaera megaera (very common and widely distributed in most habitats in most of Africa south of the Sahara, and Grand Comore, except high mountains and very arid areas. It is also not found in the western Cape)
  • Euchloron megaera asiatica Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Yemen)
  • Euchloron megaera lacordairei (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar , Mayotte, Mohéli and Anjouan)
  • Euchloron megaera orhanti Haxaire, 2010 (Réunion)
  • Euchloron megaera serrai Darge, 1970 (São Tomé[4])

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1757313 entry