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Nephele viridescens (Walker, 1856)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Macroglossinae (subfamily)/  Macroglossini (tribe)/  Macroglossina (subtribe)/  Nephele (genus)/ 
Status:Synonym, the accepted name is Nephele funebris
Authorship:(Walker, 1856)
Citation:Zonilia viridescens
Original genus:Zonilia
Publication:Walker F. 1856b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII.– Sphingidae.
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Volume:8
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Pagination:192–193
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38916461
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Sphinx funebris Fabricius, 1793.

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Nephele viridescens (Walker, 1856) Syntype unknown the three other syntypes belong to Nephele comma Hopffer, 1858 (see D. S. Fletcher & I. W. B. Nye 1982: 173). South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal, leg. M. Gueinzius. Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. 1982. Bombycoidea, Castnioidea, Cossoidea, Mimallonoidea, Seioidea, Sphingoidea and Zygaenoidea. – In: Nye, I. W. B. (ed.). The generic names of moths of the world. page 192–193
Nephele viridescens (Walker, 1856) Lectotype ♂ NHMUK Lectotype ♂, designated by D. S. Fletcher & I. W. B. Nye (1982: 173), NHMUK South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal, leg. M. Gueinzius. Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. 1982. Bombycoidea, Castnioidea, Cossoidea, Mimallonoidea, Seioidea, Sphingoidea and Zygaenoidea. – In: Nye, I. W. B. (ed.). The generic names of moths of the world. page 192–193
Nephele viridescens (Walker, 1856) Lectotype ♂ NHMUK 1 Paralectotype ♂, NHMUK South Africa [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal, leg. M. Gueinzius. Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. 1982. Bombycoidea, Castnioidea, Cossoidea, Mimallonoidea, Seioidea, Sphingoidea and Zygaenoidea. – In: Nye, I. W. B. (ed.). The generic names of moths of the world. page 192–193
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