Antinephele anomala
Antinephele anomala is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882 and is known from Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It is considered most similar to Antinephele achlora.
| Antinephele anomala | |
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| Male, collected in Ivory Coast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Antinephele |
| Species: | A. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882) | |
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The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The head and thorax are slightly ochreous brown to chocolate brown with a narrow pale green dorsal line. The abdomen is darker brown. The forewings are ochreous brown to chocolate. There is a pale green line running from the inner margin near the base to the costa before the apex. There is a broader, straight green line running from the tornus to the costa, edged proximally with white and distally with blackish. There is also a fine zigzag white line at the apex. The hindwings are uniform dark brown.[2]
References
- "Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.