Theretra orpheus

Theretra orpheus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Theretra
Species:	T. orpheus
Binomial name
	Theretra orpheus; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
	Chaerocampa orpheus Herrich-Schäffer, 1854; Panacra natalensis Rothschild, 1894; Theretra orpheus megalesia Viette, 1956;

Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm.

Subspecies

Theretra orpheus orpheus (woodland and forest from the Cape to East Africa)
Theretra orpheus gauthieri Darge, 1991 (Príncipe)
Theretra orpheus intensa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
Theretra orpheus malgassica Clark, 1933 (Madagascar)
Theretra orpheus pelius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Uganda, Congo to Sierra Leone)
Theretra orpheus scotinus Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Nigeria)

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. 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.

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