| Temnora sardanus | |
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| T. s. sardanus, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. sardanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856) | |
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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
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- 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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| Temnora sardanus | |
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- Temnora
- Moths described in 1856
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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