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Nephele oenopion

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Nephele oenopion

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nephele

Rank
  
Species

Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.

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.

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

    Nephele oenopion Wikipedia