Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Euchloron megaera | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euchloron Rank Species | |
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Similar Euchloron, Coelonia fulvinotata, Coelonia, Hippotion eson, Nephele comma | ||
Euchloron megaera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It 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 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.
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