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BUTTERFLIES SAFARI OF SOUTH AFRICA CLICK FOR DOWNLOAD PDF --------------------------------- Classification Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Sphingidae Tribe Smerinthini Genus Acanthosphinx Species A. Guessfeldti
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ACANTHOSPHINX GUESSFELDTI Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Synonyms: Acanthosphinx eothina, Acanthosphinx gigas.
Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879.
Distribution:
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
The length of each forewing is 57-70 mm.
The larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha.
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