Nephele

Nephele Hübner, [1819]

Nephele Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 133; TS: Sphinx didyma Fabricius
Orneus Hübner, [1824]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [159]
Zonilia Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 192

Nephele; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Nephele (Macroglossina); [HMW], 18
Nephele (Sphingidae); Haruta, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 89
Nephele (Sphinginae); Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1
Orneus; [NHM-BMW]
Zonilia; [NHM-BMW]

Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa, Rhodesia. See [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; [HMCSA]; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)

Rhodesia - E.Africa, C.Africa, W.Africa. See [maps] Great Nephele

Pachylia aequivalens Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 191; TL: Sierra Leone
zebu (Boisduval, [1875])

Nephele aequivalens aequivalens; [AfroMoths]
Nephele aequivalens damasioi; [AfroMoths]
Nephele aequivalens; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)

Natal - E.Africa. See [maps] Silver Barred Nephele

Zonilia argentifera Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 194; TL: Natal

Nephele argentifera; [HMCSA]; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878

Tropical Africa, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [maps] Blotched Nephele

Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (12): 455; TL: Old Calabar

Nephele bipartita; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857

Africa (South of Sahara). See [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 charoba; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Nephele comma; [HMCSA]; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [AFM]

Nephele comoroana Clark, 1923

Nephele comoroana; [HMW]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele densoi (Keferstein, 1870)

malgassica (R. Felder, [1874])
rhadama (Boisduval, [1875])

Nephele densoi; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891

Tropical Africa, Nyasaland. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)

Africa (South of Sarara), Guinea. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)

Australia, Nepal, India, Hong Kong. See [maps]

Sphinx hespera Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 546
Sphinx didyma Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 543
Sphinx chiron Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 62, pl. 137, f. E (preocc. Sphinx chiron Drury, 1773)
Sphinx morpheus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 84, pl. 149, f. D
Sphix quaterna Esper, 1794; Mag. Neu Ausl. Ins. 1: 2, pl. 1, f. 2
Perigonia obliterans Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 28

Nephele didyma; Haruta, 1995, Tinea 14 (suppl. 2): 89, pl. 23, f. 7; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]
Nephele hespera; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 2, pl. 72, f. 1, 1a-b; [HMW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [Don Herbison-Evans] ; [Tony Pittaway]

Nephele joiceyi Clark, 1923

Nephele joiceyi; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926

Rhodesia, Nyasaland. See [maps] Lannin's Nephele

Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926; Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 381 (E. W. Lannin, Bulawayo)

Nephele lannini; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele leighi Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Nephele leighi; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele funebris r. maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 558
Nephele funebris maculosa f. ovifera Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 558

Nephele maculosa; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele monostigma Clark, 1925

Nephele monostigma; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])

Madagascar, Mauritius, Congo, West Africa, Tanganyika. See [maps] Yellow Barred Nephele

Orneus oenopion Hübner, [1824]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. 159

Nephele oenopion oenopion; [AfroMoths]
Nephele oenopion; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

N. o. continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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

Nephele oenopion continentis; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

N. o. stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele oenopion stictica; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

N. o. transitoria Turlin, 1996

Nephele oenopion transitoria; [HMW]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Nephele peneus (Cramer, [1776])

Tropical Africa, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [AFM]

Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895

Nephele rectangulata; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele rosae Butler, 1875

West Africa, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Tanganyika. See [maps] White Banded Nephele

Nephele rosae Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 14; TL: West Africa
destigmata Strand, 1912

Nephele rosae rosae; [AfroMoths] ; [iNaturalist]
Nephele rosae; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

N. r. illustris Jordan, 1920

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

Nephele rosae illustris; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856)

Australia. See [maps]

Zonilia subvaria Walker, 1856
Zonilia metapyrrha Walker, 1856
antipoda (Walker, [1865])
Deilphila dalii Newman, 1857

Nephele subvaria; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa. See [maps] V Nephele

Zonilia vau Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 197
schimperi (Lucas, 1857)
raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878)

Nephele vau; [HMCSA]; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

E.Africa, Abyssinia. See [maps]

Nephele vespera Fawcett, 1915

Nephele xylina rybare; [CoL]
Nephele xylina rybari; [GBCL]
Nephele xylina socotrensis; [CoL] ; [GBCL]
Nephele xylina; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[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!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[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
[JHS]
Japan Heterocerits's Society; (Back Issues); Tinea vols 10-20
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Tony Pittaway] WWW pages
Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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.

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)
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Haruta, 1995
Moths of Nepal 4 Tinea 14 (suppl. 2) : 1 (Horie,Yazaki), : 2-27 (Yazaki), : 28-37 (Sato), : 38-48 (Kishida), : 49-88 (Yoshimoto), : 89 (Haruta), : 90-118 (Sugi), : 119-139 (Inoue), : 140-147 (Nakajima), : 148-149 (Sakurai), : 150-181 (Robinson), : 182-193 (Yamanaka), : 194-206 (Arita & Gorbunov), : pl. 97-128
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
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
Moore, 1882
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])
[HMCSA]; Pinhey, 1962
Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
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)
Walker, [1865]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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