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Nephele Hübner, [1819]

Nephele Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 133, TS: Zonilia morpheus
Orneus Hübner, [1824]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [159]
Zonilia Walker, 1856
Nephele (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]

Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Accented Nephele
Sphinx accentifera Palisot de Beauvois, 1821; Ins. Afr. Amer.: 264, pl. 24
Sphinx (Deilephila) tridyma van der Hoeven, 1840; Tijdschr. nat. Gesch. 7 : 278, pl. 5, f. 2a-b
ranzani (Bertolini, 1850)
variegata Butler, 1875
Nephele accentifera ; [HMW]

Larva on Ficus pertseri, F. mammosa [HMCSA]

Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)

Rhodesia - E.Africa, C.Africa, W.Africa. See [About maps] Great Nephele
Pachylia aequivalens Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 191, TL: Sierra Leone
zebu (Boisduval, [1875])
Nephele aequivalens ; [HMW]

Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)

Natal - E.Africa. See [About maps] Silver Barred Nephele
Zonilia argentifera Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 194, TL: Natal
Nephele argentifera ; [HMW]

Larva on Carissa [HMCSA]

Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878

Tropical Africa, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Blotched Nephele
Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (12) : 455, TL: Old Calabar
Nephele bipartita ; [HMW]

Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857

Africa (South of Sahara). See [About maps] Comma Nephele
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857; Mber. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1857: 421
charoba Kirby, 1877
comma f. derasa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 556
triangulifera Closs, 1914
microstigma Clark, 1927
Nephele comma ; [HMW]

Larva on Carissa, Diplorhynchus, D. cardylocarpus [HMCSA]

Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891

Tropical Africa, Nyasaland. See [About maps] Orange Spotted Nephele
Nephele peneus f. discifera Karsch, 1891; Ent. Nachr. 17 (19) : 298, TL: Cameroons
Nephele aureomaculata Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 88, TL: Upper Congo
Nephele discifera f. rattrayi Rothschild, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 (2) : 437
Nephele discifera ; [HMW]

Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)

Africa (South of Sarara), Guinea. See [About maps] Funereal Nephele
Sphinx funebris Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 371, TL: Guinea
Zonilia viridescens Walker, 1856; 192
infernalis Kirby, 1877
Nephele funebris f. conimacula Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 558
Nephele funebris ; [HMW]

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)

Australia, India, Hong Kong. See [About maps] Sphinx hespera Fabricius, 1775; 546
Sphinx didyma Fabricius, 1775
Sphinx chiron Cramer, 1777; 62 (preocc. Sphinx chiron Drury, 1773)
morpheus (Cramer, 1777)
Sphix quaterna Esper, 1794; Mag. Neu Ausl. Ins. 1: 2, pl. 1, f. 2
Perigonia obliterans Walker, [1865]
Nephele hespera, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Nephele hespera, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Nephele didyma ;
Nephele hespera ; [HMW]

Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926

Rhodesia, Nyasaland. See [About maps] Lannin's Nephele
Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926; Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 381 (E. W. Lannin, Bulawayo)
Nephele lannini ; [HMW]

Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])

Madagascar, Mauritius, Congo, West Africa, Tanganyika. See [About maps] Yellow Barred Nephele
Orneus oenopion Hübner, [1824]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. 159
Nephele oenopion ; [HMW]

N. o. continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele oenopion continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 562, TL: Sierra Leone
Nephele oenopion continentis ; [HMW]

N. o. stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele oenopion stictica ; [HMW]

N. o. transitoria Turlin, 1996

Nephele oenopion transitoria ; [HMW]

Nephele peneus (Cramer, [1776])

Tropical Africa, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Three Spotte Nephele
Sphinx peneus Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 139, pl. 88, TL: Sierra Leone
Nephele pachyderma Karsch, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (11/12) : 180, TL: W.Africa
Nephele peneus f. innotata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 560
Nephele peneus ; [HMW]

Nephele rosae Butler, 1875

West Africa, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Tanganyika. See [About maps] White Banded Nephele
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875 : 14, TL: West Africa
destigmata Strand, 1912
Nephele rosae ; [HMW]

N. r. illustris Jordan, 1920

Nephele rosae illustris Jordan, 1920; Novit. Zool. 27 : 512, TL: Inyamadzi, Portug. East Africa, 2000ft
Nephele rosae illustris ; [HMW]

Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856)

Australia. See [About maps]

Zonilia subvaria Walker, 1856 Zonilia metapyrrha Walker, 1856

antipoda (Walker, [1865]) Deilphila dalii Newman, 1857

Nephele subvaria, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Nephele subvaria ; [HMW]

Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa. See [About maps] V Nephele
Zonilia vau Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 197
schimperi (Lucas, 1857)
raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878)
Nephele vau ; [HMW]

Larva on Carissa edulis [HMCSA]

Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

E.Africa, Abyssinia. See [About maps] Nephele vespera Fawcett, 1915
Nephele xylina ; [HMW]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMCSA]

Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Butler, 1875

Descriptions of thirty-three new or littleknown species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875 : 3-16, pl. 1-2

Butler, 1878

Descriptions of some new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera from Old Calabar and Madagascar Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (12) : 455-465

Cramer, [1776]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

van der Hoeven, 1840

Beschrijving eeniger nieuwe of weinig bekende uitlandsche soorten van Lepidoptera Tijdschr. nat. Gesch. 7 : 276-283, pl. 5-7

Hopffer, 1857

Hr Peter Übergab die Fortsetzung von Diagnosen der neuen von ihm in Mossambique gesammelten und von Hrn Hopffer bearbeiteten Schmetterlinge ... Mber. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1857: 421-424

Hübner, [1824]

Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Jordan, 1920

Some new African Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 27 : 167-170, : 510-512

Jordan, 1926

On some Old World Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 379-384

Karsch, 1891

Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Sphingiden Ent. Nachr. 17 (19) : 291-298, pl. 1

Karsch, 1892

Insekten von Baliburg (Deutch-Westafrika) gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Eugen Zintgraff Ent. Nachr. 18 (11/12) : 161-183

Rothschild, 1894

Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7

Rothschild, 1904

New Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 11 (2) : 435-440

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 1-813, : 815-972, pl. 1-67

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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