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Nephele rosae

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Species of moth

Nephele rosae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. rosae
Binomial name
Nephele rosae
Butler, 1875
Synonyms
  • Nephele rosae destigmata Strand, 1912

Nephele rosae is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is endemic to Africa.

Subspecies

  • Nephele rosae rosae (forest and woodland from Sierra Leone to Angola and Uganda)
  • Nephele rosae illustris Jordan, 1920 (South Africa and Mozambique to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya)

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. 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 rosae


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