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Antinephele lunulata

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Species of moth

Antinephele lunulata
An incomplete male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Antinephele
Species: A. lunulata
Binomial name
Antinephele lunulata
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
  • Antinephele weberi Clark, 1923

Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as Madagascar.

Subspecies

  • Antinephele lunulata lunulata
  • Antinephele lunulata turlini - Darge, 1972 (Madagascar)

References

  1. "Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  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.

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Antinephele lunulata
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