Comma Nephele

Nephele comma · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Sphingidae

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Comma Nephele
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The Comma Nephele is a moth in the hawk-moth family. It is common across the Ethiopian region, including Madagascar. Its caterpillars feed on leaves of Carissa plants.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It belongs to the family Sphingidae, the hawk-moths.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It occurs widely throughout the Ethiopian region.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The larvae eat the leaves of Carissa species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes the Ethiopian region and Madagascar.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Comma Nephele photo 3
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY

Questions people ask

What do the larvae of the Comma Nephele eat?

The caterpillars feed on leaves of Carissa plants.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Sphingidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephele_comma

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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