''Nephele'' is an Old World genus of moths 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 ...
.
Species
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Nephele accentifera''
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
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Nephele aequivalens''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1856)
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Nephele argentifera''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1856)
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Nephele bipartita''
Butler
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, 1878
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Nephele comma''
Hopffer, 1857
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Nephele comoroana''
Clark
Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated ...
, 1923
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Nephele densoi''
(Keferstein, 1870)
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Nephele discifera''
Karsch, 1891
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Nephele funebris''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1793)
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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, ...
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(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1775)
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Nephele joiceyi''
Clark
Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated ...
, 1923
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Nephele lannini''
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1926
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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 islan ...
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Joicey & Talbot, 1921
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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 spec ...
''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1903
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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 abo ...
''
Clark
Clark is an English language surname with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately derived from the Latin ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated ...
, 1925
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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 ...
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( Hübner, 1824)
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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 Moz ...
''
(Cramer Cramer may refer to:
Businesses
* Cramer brothers, 18th century publishers
* Cramer Systems, a software company
* Cramer & Co., a former musical-related business in London
Other uses
* Cramer (surname), including a list of people and fictional ...
, 1776)
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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 ...
''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
, 1895
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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 ...
''
Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
, 1875
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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 o ...
''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1856)
*''
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 l ...
''
(Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1856)
*''
Nephele xylina''
Rothschild
Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "to the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
& Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1910
Nephele hespera MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Sumatra male.jpg, ''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, ...
''
Nephele subvaria MHNT CUT 2010 0 141 Queensland male.jpg, ''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 o ...
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Macroglossini
Sphingidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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