Nephele leighi

Nephele leighi
Nephele leighi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. leighi
Binomial name
Nephele leighi
Joicey & Talbot, 1921[1]

Nephele leighi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Seychelles.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 41 mm. The upperside ground colour of the body and wings is ochre-brown. The forewing upperside is basally greenish-ochre posteriorly. The transverse bands are conspicuous and the submarginal area is blackish-brown. The submarginal line is very irregular and the marginal area is ochre-brown. The hindwing upperside is dark greenish-ochre. The marginal band is dark brown, narrowing posteriorly.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nephele/leighi.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
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