Nephele

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Macroglossina
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. accentifera – N. aequivalens – N. argentifera – N. bipartita – N. comma – N. comoroana – N. densoi – N. discifera – N. funebris – N. hespera – N. joiceyi – N. lannini – N. leighi – N. maculosa – N. monostigma – N. oenopion – N. peneus – N. rectangulata – N. rosae – N. subvaria – N. vau – N. xylina
Name

Nephele Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Sphinx didyma Fabricius,
Synonyms

Orneus Hübner, [1824]
Zonilia Walker, 1856

References

Haxaire, J. & T. Melichar, 2011: Description de deux nouveaux Sphingidae du sud de la péninsule arabique (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 3 (3): 159–168.
Haxaire, J. & Melichar, T. 2011b. Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce de Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910 de l'île de Socotra (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 3(4): 197–200. Reference page.

Nephele is an Old World genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Species

Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
Nephele aequivalens (Walker, 1856)
Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)
Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857
Nephele comoroana Clark, 1923
Nephele densoi (Keferstein, 1870)
Nephele discifera Karsch, 1891
Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)
Nephele joiceyi Clark, 1923
Nephele lannini Jordan, 1926
Nephele leighi Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Nephele maculosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Nephele monostigma Clark, 1925
Nephele oenopion (Hübner, 1824)
Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895
Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856)
Nephele vau (Walker, 1856)
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910