Nephele oenopion

Nephele oenopion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Nephele
Species:	N. oenopion
Binomial name
	Nephele oenopion; (Hubner, 1824)
Synonyms
	Orneus oenopionHübner, 1824;

Last updated May 20, 2025

Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.^[2]

The larvae feed on Mussaenda arcuata .^[3]

Subspecies

Nephele oenopion oenopion (from Gabon to Tanzania and Kenya and Madagascar)
Nephele oenopion continentisRothschild & Jordan, 1903 (forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and East Africa)
Nephele oenopion sticticaRothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
Nephele oenopion transitoriaTurlin, 1996 (Comoro Islands)

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
↑ 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. doi:10.5962/p.238439 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nephele oenopion oenopion (Hübner, 1824)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[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. doi:10.5962/p.238439 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Nephele oenopion oenopion (Hübner, 1824)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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