Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Austria, Azores?Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Western Caucasus. [3].
• Areal - Southern Europe. Africa, the Middle East to India. Occasionally - Central Europe. [5].
• It is distributed throughout Africa, India, and the Mediterranean countries. It is found in the Crimea, Moldova, the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia. [259].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - 4.5, and even 6.5 cm, the wings themselves are narrow, with a wavy bottom edge. Strongly wavy. All wings of marsh-green, with lighter fields and pinkish spots, which is a butterfly is sitting on an oleander bush. The body of the butterfly stocky, head and back of green, and the rear wings much smaller, when compared with the front. [5].
• Wingspan from 95 to 100 mm [259].

General info about Imago

• In the Mediterranean - the valley of the rivers and streams dried up riverbed (there is usually grow oleander bushes). In Central Europe, where the flies though - if only to find that oleander. Imago oleander hawk moths are active at night. [5].

Imago lifespan

• The first butterflies appear north of the Alps in June, and their descendants continue to fly until September. [5].
• It flies from April to September. Gives 2-3 generations. [259].

General info about Larva

• Caterpillar large, colorful, green and pink, with a white line on the sides and a horn at the end of the abdomen, so even with the raised spots. Pupation occurs in loose soil. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Oleander (Nerium oleander), sometimes periwinkle. [5].
• Oleander. [259].

Larva lifespan

• Daphnis nerii larvae live from July to September. [5].
• From spring to autumn. [259].

Pupa

• It overwinters in the soil. [259].

Overwintering stage

• A doll. [259].

20.05.2023 22:54, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 95—100 mm.

27.04.2013 14:31, Igor Sakhno

By the way, in 2010 the last instar larvae collected in the Southern Crimea, in early June.

01.01.2012 8:34, Olga Averyanova

Detected in Cambodia, Sihanoukville, December 2011

21.03.2011 22:15, Igor Sakhno

In sufficient quantities it flies to Europe from Africa. Ff. prefer to lay eggs on the oleander bushes along the coast (at the time, the other migratory species, such as, A.atropos, prefer to fly inland). Diapause pupae do not tolerate, and even more so even a small short-term frost kills them.Therefore, every spring we come to the new individuals to the very cold weather and produce offspring. According to the observations A.Zagorinskogo D.nerii caterpillars in captivity can be kept in the privet.

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