Nephele maculosa
| Nephele maculosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Nephele |
| Species: | N. maculosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nephele maculosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is only known from the Congo-Cameroon equatorial forest belt.[2]
It is a very similar to Nephele funebris, but larger and more variegated.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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