| Euchloron megaera | |
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| Euchloron megaera, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Euchloron |
| Species: | E. megaera |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)[1] |
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Euchloron megaera is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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]
