Nephele oenopion

Nephele oenopion
Nephele oenopion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. oenopion
Binomial name
Nephele oenopion
(Hubner, 1824)[1]
Synonyms
  • Orneus oenopion Hübner, 1824

Nephele oenopion is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 38-40 mm. The abdomen upperside has black patches. The forewing upperside has a small white basal dot. The basal band is irregular, olive-green to mid-green, edged with white basally and distally. The postmedian band is straight, broad and narrowing slightly toward the inner margin, which it meets at right angles. The inner margin between the basal and postmedian bands is edged with white. The discal spot is a minute white dot.

The larvae feed on Mussaenda arcuata.[3]

Subspecies

  • Nephele oenopion oenopion (from Gabon to Tanzania and Kenya and Madagascar)
  • Nephele oenopion continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and East Africa)
  • Nephele oenopion stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
  • Nephele oenopion transitoria Turlin, 1996 (Comoro Islands)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nephele/oenopion.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  3. ^ Afromoths[dead link]
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