Antinephele lunulata
| Antinephele lunulata | |
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| An incomplete male specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Antinephele |
| Species: | A. lunulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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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.
Subspecies
[edit]- Antinephele lunulata lunulata
- Antinephele lunulata turlini - Darge, 1972 (Madagascar)
References
[edit]- ^ "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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Categories:
- Antinephele
- Lepidoptera of Cameroon
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Zambia
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Moths of Madagascar
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Moths described in 1903
- Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
- Taxa named by Karl Jordan
- Macroglossini stubs