Antinephele muscosa

Antinephele muscosa
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Antinephele
Species:	A. muscosa
Binomial name
	Antinephele muscosa; Holland, 1889[1]

Antinephele muscosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ghana to Gabon.^[2]

The abdomen is bright blue-green dorsally. The forewing upperside is generally mid-brown and the area between the basal and antemedian bands is pale brown. The median area is usually mid-brown but sometimes pale brown.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[2] "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.