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Temnora sardanus
T. s. sardanus, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. sardanus
Binomial name
Temnora sardanus
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Enyo sardanus Walker, 1856
  • Diodosida uniformis Rothschild, 1894

Temnora sardanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and heavy woodland from Sierra Leone to Congo and Angola, then to Zimbabwe and East Africa.

The length of the forewings is 19–21 mm for males and 23–25 mm for females.

Subspecies

  • Temnora sardanus sardanus
  • Temnora sardanus canui Darge, 1991 (São Tomé & Princípe)
  • Temnora sardanus hirsutus Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. 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
Temnora sardanus


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