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Verdant Hawkmoth
Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Verdant Hawkmoth

Euchloron megaera Linnaeus, 1758

Names

EnglishVerdant Hawkmoth
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameEuchloron megaera Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

Euchloron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Its only species, Euchloron megaera, the verdant hawk, is known from most of Africa and Yemen. It is a migratory species.

The length of the forewings is 40–50 mm and the wingspan is 96–121 mm.

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

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusEuchloron

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