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Nephele peneus

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Species of moth

Nephele peneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. peneus
Binomial name
Nephele peneus
(Cramer, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx peneus Cramer, 1776
  • Nephele pachyderma Karsch, 1892
  • Nephele peneus innotata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Nephele peneus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Nephele peneus


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