Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Macroglossinae (subfamily)/  Macroglossini (tribe)/  Macroglossina (subtribe)/  Antinephele (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Citation:	Antinephele lunulata spec. nov.
Original genus:	Antinephele
Publication:	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	9
Issue:	Supplement
Pagination:	598–599; pl. 6, figs 16, 17
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9573747

Antinephele lunulata (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Tanzania	[Tanzania], German East Africa, Mikindani, i–v.1897, leg. Reimer.

Distribution note:

The records of Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, and Sierra Leone (Rothschild & Jordan 1903a: 599, Morin et al. 1974, Basquin & Pierre 2004: 91, and Carcasson 1968: 78) refer to Antinephele weberi (see Th. Bouyer & I. J. Kitching 2023: 101).

Bouyer Th. & Kitching I. J. 2023. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de République démocratique du Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page 78
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Mozambique		Bouyer Th. & Kitching I. J. 2023. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae de République démocratique du Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 101
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Tanzania		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page 599
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Zambia		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page 78
Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Zimbabwe		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page 78

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Antinephele lunulata (1)

Antinephele lunulata (2)

Antinephele lunulata (3)

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