Antinephele achlora

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Antinephele achlora
Antinephele achlora BMNHE813366 male up.jpg
Male, collected in Entebbe
Antinephele achlora BMNHE813367 female up.jpg
Female, collected in Entebbe
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Antinephele
Species:
A. achlora
Binomial name
Antinephele achlora
Holland, 1892

Antinephele achlora is a moth of the family Sphingidae. [1] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1892, and is found from forests from Sierra Leone to Uganda and western Kenya. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Antinephele achlora Holland, 1893 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ↑ 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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