Nephele comma - Comma hawk
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique (left) and Ndundu Lodge, Vumba (right).
Species details:
Notes:
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Largely green and brown Hawk with a white comma-shaped clear spot in the forewing. Note that form derasa actually lacks the white comma mark on the forewing (photo right). |
Distribution:
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Widespread over most of Subsaharan Africa |
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Literature:
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africanmoths.com |
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Nephele comma . https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400780, retrieved 14 November 2024
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