Nephele rectangulata

Nephele rectangulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. rectangulata
Binomial name
Nephele rectangulata
Rothschild, 1895[1]

Nephele rectangulata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 36–40 mm. There is a complete series of large lateral black spots on the abdomen. The ground colour of the thorax and forewings is rich olive-brown. The forewings have a straight silvery-white line running from the costa to the tornus, where it meets a straight silvery-white submarginal line, forming a right angle. The hindwings are uniform dark brownish-red.

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