Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Bombycoidea
Sphingidae
Macroglossinae
- Antinephele Holland, 1889
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Antinephele Holland, 1889; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 16: 68, TS: Nephele anomala
Antinephele (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]
Tropical Africa (C.Africa, W.Africa). See [About maps]
Dingy Antinephele
Antinephele achlora Holland, 1893; Ent. News 4 (10) : 340, pl. 15, f. 6, TL: Gaboon
Antinephele achlora ; [HMW]
Tropical Africa (C.Africa, W.Africa). See [About maps]
Rufous Antinephele
Nephele anomala Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 : 434, TL: Gaboon
Antinephele anomala ; [HMW]
Antinephele camerunensis ; [HWM]
Antinephele efulani ; [HMW]
Cameroons, Tanganyika, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Orange Antinephele
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 598, : pl. 6, f. 16-17, TL: Tanganyika, Mikinani; Cameroons
weberi Clark, 1923
Antinephele lunulata ; [HMW]
Antinephele lunulata turlini ; [HMW]
W.Africa, Uganda, Congo, Nyasaland, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Beautiful Antinephele
Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 16: 69, pl. 3, f. 2, TL: Gaboon
Antinephele maculifera ; [HMW]
Tropical Africa (C.Africa, W.Africa). See [About maps]
Pallid Antinephele
Antinephele marcida Holland, 1893; Ent. News 4 (10) : 340, pl. 15, f. 7, TL: Gaboon
Antinephele marcida ; [HMW]
W.Africa, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Green Antinephele
Antinephele muscosa Holland, 1889; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 16: 70, pl. 2, f. 8, TL: Benita
Antinephele muscosa ; [HMW]
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [HMW]
- Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
- Some related literature:
- Butler, 1882
- Descriptions of new Species of Sphingidae, chiefly from Africa
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10
: 432-436
- Holland, 1889
- Contributions to a knowledge of the Lepidoptera of West Africa
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.
13: 325-332 (1886),
16: 55-70 (1889)
- Holland, 1893
- New exotic Lepidoptera
Ent. News 4 (10)
: 337-344
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae
Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.)
: 1-813,
: 815-972, pl. 1-67
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