Temnora pylades

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Temnora pylades
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. pylades
Binomial name
Temnora pylades
Synonyms
  • Temnora stevensoniClark, 1926

Temnora pylades is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. [2]

The forewings are similar to Temnora pylas pylas , but the apex is more acutely pointed and the tornus is more produced backwards. The hindwing costa is slightly dilated basally. The forewing upperside is also similar to Temnora pylas pylas but the centre of the antemedian band is not filled in with brown, the postmedian band is less well developed (appearing more like an oblique diffuse shade), the grey triangular area is bound by the costa and the postmedian band and submarginal line are smaller and less distinct. The hindwing upperside is also similar to Temnora pylades pylades, but the postmedian line is darker and often visible within the orange postmedian band.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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