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Nephele (moth)
''Nephele'' is an Old World genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. Species *''Nephele accentifera'' (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821) *''Nephele aequivalens'' (Francis Walker (entomologist), Walker, 1856) *''Nephele argentifera'' (Francis Walker (entomologist), Walker, 1856) *''Nephele bipartita'' Arthur Gardiner Butler, Butler, 1878 *''Nephele comma'' Hopffer, 1857 *''Nephele comoroana'' Benjamin Preston Clark, Clark, 1923 *''Nephele densoi'' (Keferstein, 1870) *''Nephele discifera'' Karsch, 1891 *''Nephele funebris'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1793) *''Nephele hespera'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1775) *''Nephele joiceyi'' Benjamin Preston Clark, Clark, 1923 *''Nephele lannini'' Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861), Jordan, 1926 *''Nephele leighi'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 *''Nephele maculosa'' Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Rothschild & Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861), Jordan, 1903 *''Nephele monostigma'' Benjamin Preston Clark, Clark, 1925 *''Nephe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Hespera
''Nephele hespera'', the crepuscular hawkmoth, is a Sphingidae, sphingid moth described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Distribution It is found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Description Head, thorax and abdomen olive brown or green. Abdomen is with lateral black segmental bands. Forewings are olive brown or green, with six faint waved lines and an angled submarginal line. The space between it and outer margin is paler. At the end of the cell, there are two conspicuous silvery-white spots, which may be reduced to a speck or be altogether obsolete. Hindwings are reddish brown and cilia are ochreous. Ventral side is paler, each wing with two transverse lines. Larva is greenish with a pale stripe from 7th to 11th somites. Nephele hespera MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Sumatra male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal view Nephele hespera MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Sumatra male ventral.jpg, Male ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johann Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Vau
''Nephele vau'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is common throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ..., but rarer in southern Africa. References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1856 Moths of Africa Moths of the Middle East Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Subvaria
''Nephele subvaria'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is known from Queensland and Western Australia. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is about 60 mm. Nephele subvaria MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Queensland male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal (coll. MHNT) Nephele subvaria MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Queensland male ventral.jpg, Male ventral (coll. MHNT) Nephele subvaria MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Tinaroo Creek Road Queensland female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal (coll. MHNT) Nephele subvaria MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Tinaroo Creek Road Queensland female ventral.jpg, Female ventral (coll. MHNT) Biology The larvae feed on '' Carissa spinarum''. References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1856 Taxa named by Francis Walker (ento ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Rosae
''Nephele rosae'' is a moth in the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar .... It is endemic to Africa. Subspecies *''Nephele rosae rosae'' (forest and woodland from Sierra Leone to Angola and Uganda) *''Nephele rosae illustris'' Jordan, 1920 (South Africa and Mozambique to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya) References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1875 Moths of Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Rectangulata
''Nephele rectangulata'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar .... It is known from African forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda. References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1895 Moths of Africa Insects of Uganda Fauna of the Central African Republic Fauna of the Republic of the Congo Fauna of Gabon Taxa named by Walter Rothschild {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Peneus
''Nephele peneus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and woodland from Senegal to East Africa, Angola and Delagoa Bay Delagoa is a marine ecoregion along the eastern coast of Africa. It extends along the coast of Mozambique and South Africa from the Bazaruto Archipelago (21°14’ S) to Lake St. Lucia in South Africa (28° 10' S) in South Africa's Kwazulu-Nat .... References Nephele (moth) Moths of Africa Lepidoptera of Angola Lepidoptera of Cameroon Insects of the Central African Republic Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Ethiopia Lepidoptera of Gabon Fauna of the Gambia Lepidoptera of Mozambique Lepidoptera of West Africa Moths described in 1776 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Oenopion
''Nephele oenopion'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa. The larvae feed on ''Mussaenda arcuata ''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species ''Mussaenda'' includes the following species: * ' ...''. Subspecies *''Nephele oenopion oenopion'' (from Gabon to Tanzania and Kenya and Madagascar) *''Nephele oenopion continentis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and East Africa) *''Nephele oenopion stictica'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands) *''Nephele oenopion transitoria'' Turlin, 1996 (Comoro Islands) References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1824 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Insects of the Central African Republic Moths of the Comoros Moths of Mauritius Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Gabon Moths of Réunion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Monostigma
''Nephele monostigma'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar .... It is known from highland forests in the Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya. References External links * Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1925 Moths of Africa Taxa named by Benjamin Preston Clark {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoology, zoologist, and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged United Kingdom, British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine (region), Mandatory Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926. Early life Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish Peerage, peer in England. The eldest of three children, Walter was deemed to have delicate health and was educated at home. As a young man, he travelled in Europe, attending the University of Bonn for a year before entering Magdalene College, Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Maculosa
''Nephele maculosa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar .... It is only known from the Congo-Cameroon equatorial forest belt. References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1903 Insects of Cameroon Insects of West Africa Insects of Uganda Fauna of the Central African Republic Fauna of the Republic of the Congo Fauna of Gabon Moths of Africa Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephele Leighi
''Nephele leighi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, .... References Nephele (moth) Moths described in 1921 Moths of Seychelles {{Macroglossini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
