Nephele oenopion
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Nephele |
Species: | N. oenopion
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Binomial name | |
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Synonyms | |
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Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Mussaenda arcuata.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Nephele oenopion oenopion (from Gabon to Tanzania and Kenya and Madagascar)
- Nephele oenopion continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and East Africa)
- Nephele oenopion stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
- Nephele oenopion transitoria Turlin, 1996 (Comoro Islands)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nephele oenopion oenopion (Hübner, 1824)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.