Temnora elegans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895) [1]
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Temnora elegans is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from western Africa and in savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.[2]
The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. It is easily distinguished from all other Temnora by the combination of the strongly dentate outer margins of the forewings and hindwings and the almost entirely bright orange hindwing upperside. The hindwing upperside has a narrow, sharply marked brown marginal band. The hindwing underside is dull orange shaded with grey, with a brown marginal band.
Subspecies
[edit]- Temnora elegans elegans (western Africa)
- Temnora elegans polia Rothschild, 1904 (savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- Temnora
- Moths described in 1895
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Malawi
- Lepidoptera of Zambia
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
- Macroglossini stubs