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Morgan's Sphinx
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Morgan's Sphinx

Xanthopan morganii

Xanthopan is a monotypic genus of sphinx moth, with Xanthopan morganii (commonly misspelled as "morgani"), or Morgan's sphinx moth as its sole species. It is a very large sphinx moth from East Africa (Rhodesia, Nyasaland) and Madagascar. Little is known of the biology, though the adults have been found to visit orchids.

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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 486565.