Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Burchalovskaia, Polina D. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 109-117 : 116

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2022.57.10

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13241794

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scientific name

Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)
status

 

21. Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764) View in CoL

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Material examined: TANZANIA: Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 24.iii-12.iv.2021, 9 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps ; Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 6.iv.2021, 4 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Botswana, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania (including Zanzibar Island), Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe ( De Prins & De Prins 2022; this study).

Remarks. First record from Zanzibar Island.

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Theretra

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