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Species of moth

Nephele oenopion
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. oenopion
Binomial name
Nephele oenopion
(Hubner, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Orneus oenopion Hübner, 1824

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

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

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nephele oenopion oenopion (Hübner, 1824)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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Nephele oenopion
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