Nephele peneus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Nephele |
Species: | N. peneus
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Binomial name | |
Nephele peneus | |
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Nephele peneus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay.[2]
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.
Categories:
- Nephele (moth)
- Moths of Africa
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Lepidoptera of Cameroon
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Ethiopia
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Fauna of the Gambia
- Lepidoptera of Mozambique
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Moths described in 1776
- Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
- Macroglossini stubs