Antinephele marcida explained

Antinephele marcida is a moth of the family Sphingidae.^[1] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893, and is found from forests from Cameroon to Uganda and western Kenya.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 23–26 mm. The upperside of the forewings has a pale brownish-green ground colour (fading to orange-brown).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antinephele marcida Holland, 1893 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009 . https://archive.today/20120722045529/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Antinephele/marcida.html . dead . 2012-07-22 . Cate-sphingidae.org . 2011-10-26.
2. Carcasson . R. H. . Robert Herbert Carcasson . 1967 . Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species . Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum . 26 . 3 . 1–173 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.