Antinephele efulani

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Antinephele efulani
Antinephele efulani BMNHE813374 female up.jpg
Female, collected in Lolo, Cameroon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Antinephele
Species:
A. efulani
Binomial name
Antinephele efulani
Clark, 1926

Antinephele efulani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. [1] It was described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1926 and is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon.

The costal margin of the forewing upperside is apically shaded with green. There is a mid-brown semi-lunar patch on the outer margin bordered basally by a series of four irregularly sagittate (arrowhead-shaped) bluish-white markings.

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References

  1. "Antinephele efulani Clark, 1926 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-26.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .