''Euchloron'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Sphingidae first described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

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 40–50 mm and the wingspan is 96–121 mm. The body and forewings are bright deep green. The forewings have a black and white spot at the base, a dark brown spot near the tornus and one or two at the costa. The hindwings are orange yellow with an irregular brown margin turning greenish near the tornus. There is a black spot at the base and a large, elongated black spot from inner margin to vein five. 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

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, except high mountains and very arid areas. It is also not found in the western Cape) *''Euchloron megaera asiatica'' Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Yemen) *''Euchloron megaera lacordairei'' (Boisduval, 1833) ( Madagascar, Mayotte, Mohéli and Anjouan) *''Euchloron megaera orhanti'' Haxaire, 2010 (

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) *''Euchloron megaera serrai'' Darge, 1970 ( São ToméHaxaire J., 2010,''Description de la sous-espèce réunionnaise d'Euchloron megaera'' - The European Entomologist, Vol.3, No.2)

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(France) Macroglossini Monotypic moth genera Moths described in 1758 Moths of Africa Moths of the Comoros Moths of Madagascar Moths of Mauritius Moths of Réunion Moths of São Tomé and Príncipe Moths of the Middle East Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Macroglossini-stub