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Taxonomy
Nephele oenopion subsp. continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Nomenclature
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Genus: NepheleSpecies: Nephele oenopion
Subspecies:
Nephele oenopion subsp. continentis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
LECTOTYPE ♂ Sierra Leone, vi.1896 «viii. 1898» (ex coll. Captain Stevens) [NHMUK]; designated by Rothschild, 1919, Novit. Zool. 26: 230, who also gave the corrected capture date, as on the specimen label, of “August 1898”.
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Nephele oenopion.



