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Nephele (moth)
''Nephele'' is an Old World genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. Species *''Nephele accentifera'' (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821) *'' Nephele aequivalens'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Nephele argentifera'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Nephele bipartita'' Butler, 1878 *'' Nephele comma'' Hopffer, 1857 *'' Nephele comoroana'' Clark, 1923 *'' Nephele densoi'' (Keferstein, 1870) *'' Nephele discifera'' Karsch, 1891 *'' Nephele funebris'' ( Fabricius, 1793) *'' Nephele hespera'' ( Fabricius, 1775) *'' Nephele joiceyi'' Clark, 1923 *'' Nephele lannini'' Jordan, 1926 *'' Nephele leighi'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 *'' Nephele maculosa'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *'' Nephele monostigma'' Clark, 1925 *'' Nephele oenopion'' (Hübner, 1824) *'' Nephele peneus'' (Cramer, 1776) *'' Nephele rectangulata'' Rothschild, 1895 *'' Nephele rosae'' Butler, 1875 *'' Nephele subvaria'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Nephele vau'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Nephele xylina'' Rothschild & Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Hespera
''Nephele hespera'', the crepuscular hawkmoth, is a Sphingidae, sphingid moth described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Distribution It is found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Description Head, thorax and abdomen olive brown or green. Abdomen is with lateral black segmental bands. Forewings are olive brown or green, with six faint waved lines and an angled submarginal line. The space between it and outer margin is paler. At the end of the cell, there are two conspicuous silvery-white spots, which may be reduced to a speck or be altogether obsolete. Hindwings are reddish brown and cilia are ochreous. Ventral side is paler, each wing with two transverse lines. Larva is greenish with a pale stripe from 7th to 11th somites. Nephele hespera MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Sumatra male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal view Nephele hespera MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Sumatra male ventral.jpg, Male ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |