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

21. Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)

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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. ; Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 6.iv.2021, 4 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg.

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.

Figures

Figure 4. Examples of Macroglossinae species from Zanzibar Island (collection of RMBH): (A) Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779); (B) Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856); (C) N. bipartita Butler, 1878; (D) N. funebris (Fabricius, 1793); (E) N. peneus (Cramer, 1776); (F) Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764). Scale bar = 10 mm.