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Large Green Praying Mantises
Sphodromantis
Sphodromantis is a large genus of praying mantises concentrated in Africa, sometimes considered a synonym of the genus Hierodula. Outside their range especially, many share the common name African Mantis.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Giant African Mantis
speciesSphodromantis viridis
Common Green Mantis
speciesSphodromantis gastrica
African Lined Mantis
speciesSphodromantis lineola
Sphodromantis trimacula
speciesSphodromantis trimacula
Sphodromantis aurea
speciesSphodromantis aurea
Sphodromantis kersteni
speciesSphodromantis kersteni
Sphodromantis rubrostigma
speciesSphodromantis rubrostigma
Sphodromantis baccettii
speciesSphodromantis baccettii
Sphodromantis fenestrata
speciesSphodromantis fenestrata
Sphodromantis centralis
speciesSphodromantis centralis
Sphodromantis gestri
speciesSphodromantis gestri
Sphodromantis obscura
speciesSphodromantis obscura
Sphodromantis gracilicollis
speciesSphodromantis gracilicollis
Sphodromantis rudolfae
speciesSphodromantis rudolfae
Sphodromantis socotrana
speciesSphodromantis socotrana
Sphodromantis biocellata
speciesSphodromantis biocellata
Sphodromantis abessinica
speciesSphodromantis abessinica
Sphodromantis aureoides
speciesSphodromantis aureoides
Sphodromantis citernii
speciesSphodromantis citernii
Sphodromantis conspicua
speciesSphodromantis conspicua
Sphodromantis giubana
speciesSphodromantis giubana
Sphodromantis lagrecai
speciesSphodromantis lagrecai
Sphodromantis pachinota
speciesSphodromantis pachinota
Sphodromantis pardii
speciesSphodromantis pardii
Sphodromantis splendida
speciesSphodromantis splendida
Sphodromantis tenuidentata
speciesSphodromantis tenuidentata
Sphodromantis elegans
speciesSphodromantis elegans
Sphodromantis aethiopica
speciesSphodromantis aethiopica
Sphodromantis royi
speciesSphodromantis royi
Sphodromantis annobonensis
speciesSphodromantis annobonensis
Sphodromantis gracilis
speciesSphodromantis gracilis
Sphodromantis stigmosa
speciesSphodromantis stigmosa
Sphodromantis hyalina
speciesSphodromantis hyalina
Sphodromantis elongata
speciesSphodromantis elongata
Sphodromantis balachowskyi
speciesSphodromantis balachowskyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126572.