Andriasa contraria

Andriasa contraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Andriasa
Species:	A. contraria
Binomial name
	Andriasa contraria; Walker, 1856
Synonyms
	Polyptychus contraria; Baniana submarginalis Walker, [1865]; Andriasa suffusa (Walker, 1869); Andriasa adansoniae (Boisduval, [1875]); Andriasa pechuelii (Dewitz, 1879); Dewitzia perpallida Holland, 1893; Dewitzia crenulata (Bethune-Baker, 1911); Dewitzia objectus (Strand, 1912); Dewitzia towadeus (Gehlen, 1935); Dewitzia stigmaticus (Gehlen, 1940);

Andriasa contraria is a species of moth. It is in the family of Sphingidae. It is seen in tropical Africa. It can be seen in Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa. There is a lot of Andriasa contrarie with many different types of moths. It is seen in all habitats except for deserts and high mountains.^[2]

Its forewings in males are 25–31 mm. The females are a little bit larger. They have longer and narrower wings than the males.

The larvae eat the leaves of Spathodea campanulata. They also are seen to eat Newboldia and Markhamia.

Subspecies

Andriasa contraria contraria (South Africa to Tanzania, East Africa and Ethiopia)
Andriasa contraria diffusus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1910) (Eritrea)
Andriasa contraria submarginalis (Walker, 1865) (West Africa to the Congo, Uganda and west Kenya)
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) (Cameroon)

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ 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.

[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] 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.

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