Nephele discifera

Nephele discifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests

from Liberia and Ghana to Congo and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 32–36 mm. It is very similar to Nephele comma,
but always very dark olive brown, all abdominal segments are marked
laterally with a minute black stigma and the wings are broader and more
rounded. The marginal area of the forewings is as in N. comma, but contrasts
with remainder of the wing even more strongly. The typical form has a large
rounded orange-pink spot at the middle of the inner margin of the forewing.
Form rattrayi has the pink spot reduced or completely lacking.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Sphingidae

Genus: Nephele
Species: N. discifera

Binomial name

Nephele discifera
Karsch, 1891[1]

Synonyms

 Nephele
aureomaculataRothschild,
1894

 Nephele discifera
rattraya