Theretra orpheus
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| Theretra orpheus | |
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| File:Theretra orpheus 1894.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Theretra |
| Species: | T. orpheus
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| Binomial name | |
| Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
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Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa.[2]
The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm.
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Theretra orpheus orpheus (woodland and forest from the Cape to East Africa)
- Theretra orpheus gauthieri Darge, 1991 (Príncipe)
- Theretra orpheus intensa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
- Theretra orpheus malgassica Clark, 1933 (Madagascar)
- Theretra orpheus pelius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Uganda, Congo to Sierra Leone)
- Theretra orpheus scotinus Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Nigeria)
References
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Theretra
- Moths described in 1834
- Lepidoptera of Cameroon
- Moths of Madagascar
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Moths of the Comoros
- Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
- Theretra stubs