Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Macroglossinae (subfamily)/  Macroglossini (tribe)/  Macroglossina (subtribe)/  Nephele (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rothschild & Jordan, 1910
Citation:	Nephele xylina sp. nov.
Original genus:	Nephele
Publication:	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1910. Some new Sphingidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	17
Issue:
Pagination:	457–458
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3108927

Nephele xylina (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK	Ethiopia	Ethiopia, Abyssinia.	Talbot G. 1932b. New African Sphingidae (Lep. Het.). page 457–458
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Allotype	♂		Neallotype ♂, designated by G. Talbot (1932b: 180).	Ethiopia	Ethiopia, Abyssinia.	Talbot G. 1932b. New African Sphingidae (Lep. Het.). page 457–458

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Ethiopia		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1910. Some new Sphingidae. page 458
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Kenya		Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. page 108 (as vespera)
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 143
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page 278
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Somalia		Talbot G. 1932b. New African Sphingidae (Lep. Het.). page 180
Nephele xylina Rothschild & Jordan, 1910	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 605

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Nephele xylina (1)

Nephele xylina (2)

Nephele xylina (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Nephele vespera Fawcett, 1915	Fawcett, 1915	species	Synonym	Nephele vespera