Antinephele lunulata
Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[1] It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania,[2] as well as Madagascar.
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| An incomplete male specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Antinephele |
| Species: | A. lunulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 | |
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The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The body and forewings are dull orange-clay coloured to dull ochreous olive. The forewings have a blunt apex and slight emargination below the apex, variously mottled and lined with brown. There is an ill-defined paler area nearer the apex and a small prominent dark apical spot. The hindwings are uniformly dark brown.
Subspecies
- Antinephele lunulata lunulata
- Antinephele lunulata turlini - Darge, 1972 (Madagascar)
References
- "Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- 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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