Antinephele lunulata
| Antinephele lunulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Antinephele |
| Species: | A. lunulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | |
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Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[1] It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania,[2] as well as Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The body and forewings are dull orange-clay coloured to dull ochreous olive. The forewings have a blunt apex and slight emargination below the apex, variously mottled and lined with brown. There is an ill-defined paler area nearer the apex and a small prominent dark apical spot. The hindwings are uniformly dark brown.
Subspecies
- Antinephele lunulata lunulata
- Antinephele lunulata turlini - Darge, 1972 (Madagascar)
References
- ↑ "Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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