Euchloron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Its only species, Euchloron megaera, the verdant hawk, is known from most of Africa and Yemen. It is a migratory species.
The length of the forewings is 40âÂÂ50 mm and the wingspan is 96âÂÂ121 mm.
The larvae feed on Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Vigna and Cissus species.
Subspecies
- Euchloron megaera megaera (very common and widely distributed in most habitats in most of Africa south of the Sahara, and Grand Comore, except high mountains and very arid areas. It is also not found in the western Cape)
- Euchloron megaera asiatica <small>Haxaire & Melichar, 2009</small> (Yemen)
- Euchloron megaera lacordairei <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small> (Madagascar, Mayotte, Mohéli and Anjouan)
- Euchloron megaera orhanti <small>Haxaire, 2010</small> (Réunion)
- Euchloron megaera serrai <small>Darge, 1970</small> (São Tomé)
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