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Comma nephele hawk moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Nephele
Species:	N. comma
Binomial name
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
Synonyms
Nephele triangulifera Closs, 1914 Nephele charoba Kirby, 1877 Nephele charoba microstigma (Clark, 1927) Nephele comma derasa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele comma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar.

Food plants

The larvae feed on the leaves of Carissa species.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. 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.

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