Nephele oenopion
| Nephele oenopion | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Nephele |
| Species: | N. oenopion |
| Binomial name | |
| Nephele oenopion (Hubner, 1824)[1] | |
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Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.[2]
The length of the forewings is 38–40 mm. The abdomen upperside has black patches. The forewing upperside has a small white basal dot. The basal band is irregular, olive-green to mid-green, edged with white basally and distally. The postmedian band is straight, broad and narrowing slightly toward the inner margin, which it meets at right angles. The inner margin between the basal and postmedian bands is edged with white. The discal spot is a minute white dot.
The larvae feed on Mussaenda arcuata.[3]
Subspecies
- Nephele oenopion oenopion (from Gabon to Tanzania and Kenya and Madagascar)
- Nephele oenopion continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and East Africa)
- Nephele oenopion stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
- Nephele oenopion transitoria Turlin, 1996 (Comoro Islands)
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.
- ↑ Afromoths
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