Euchloron

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,[2] is known from most of Africa[3] and Yemen. It is a migratory species.

Euchloron megaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Euchloron
Boisduval, 1875
Species:
E. megaera
Binomial name
Euchloron megaera
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Chlorina Guenée, 1862
  • Specific
    • Sphinx megaera Linnaeus, 1758
    • Euchloron megaera cadioui Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010
    • Deilephila megaera lacordairei Boisduval, 1833

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.[4]

Subspecies
  • Euchloron megaera megaera (very common and widely distributed in most habitats in most of Africa south of the Sahara, and Grand Comore, except high mountains and very arid areas. It is also not found in the western Cape)
  • Euchloron megaera asiatica Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Yemen)
  • Euchloron megaera lacordairei (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar, Mayotte, Mohéli and Anjouan)
  • Euchloron megaera orhanti Haxaire, 2010 (Réunion)
  • Euchloron megaera serrai Darge, 1970 (São Tomé[5])

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  5. Haxaire J., 2010,Description de la sous-espèce réunionnaise d'Euchloron megaera - The European Entomologist, Vol.3, No.2


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