Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Macroglossina

Genus: Nephele

Species:

Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus 371

Type data:

Type(s) [Danish] Guinea («P.E.» Isert) [ZMUC]. There is one specimen labelled "type" in coll. Kiel, ZMUC.

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Nephele by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 624.

Nomenclature notes:

The name “funebris” also applies to the form in which the forewing white spot is reduced to a minute spot or is absent.

Synonyms: 4

Media

Nephele funebris, male, upperside. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kassai R., Luebo

Nephele funebris, male, upperside. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kassai R., Luebo

Nephele funebris, male, underside. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kassai R., Luebo

Nephele funebris, male, underside. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kassai R., Luebo

Nephele funebris, female, upperside. Uganda, Kampala

Nephele funebris, female, upperside. Uganda, Kampala

Nephele funebris, female, underside. Uganda, Kampala

Nephele funebris, female, underside. Uganda, Kampala

Distribution