Rufoclanis rosea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Rufoclanis |
Species: | R. rosea |
Binomial name | |
Rufoclanis rosea | |
Synonyms | |
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Rufoclanis rosea is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882. It is known from forests in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania and Uganda. [2]
The length of the forewings is 30–32 mm for males.
Hippotion balsaminae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar.
Hippotion eson is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. It is a migratory species.
Hippotion osiris is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common throughout most of the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. Occasional vagrants have been recorded from Spain. It is uncommon on the East African coast. This species is an occasional migrant.
Platysphinx stigmatica is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Nigeria to the Congo, Angola and western Uganda.
Platysphinx piabilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is known from savanna and other open habitats in southern and eastern Africa.
Neopolyptychus pygarga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in western Africa, including Cameroon and Nigeria.
Neopolyptychus prionites is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests and heavy woodland from Guinea to the Congo and western Uganda.
Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.
Phylloxiphia vicina is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Liberia to Nigeria and to Tanzania and Zambia.
Phylloxiphia punctum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Leucophlebia afra is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Senegal to northern Uganda and Sudan in the east, and to Angola in the west.
Platysphinx vicaria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic.
Leucostrophus commasiae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from west Africa to Gabon and to Kasai in south-western Congo .
Temnora elegans is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from western Africa and in savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.
Temnora radiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from West Africa to Angola.
Nephele lannini is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forests in Zimbabwe, Malawi and southern Tanzania.
Nephele bipartita is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forest and heavy woodland from West Africa to the coast of Kenya and Tanzania and to Malawi and Mozambique.
Nephele peneus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay.
Nephele accentifera, the accented hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1821. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape Peninsula.
Theretra perkeo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the arid areas north of the equatorial forest belt, from Senegal to northern Uganda.