Sphingonaepiopsis
Encyclopedia
Sphingonaepiopsis is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgeiSphingonaepiopsis ansorgeiSphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west....
- (Rothschild 1904) - Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniadesSphingonaepiopsis gorgoniadesThe Gorgon Hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, central and southern Greece, eastern Bulgaria and Romania across southern Ukraine and the Crimea, southern Russia as far north as Kazan, the southern Urals and eastern Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan and...
- (Hubner 1819) - Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensisSphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensisThe Kuldja Hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, western Xinjiang Province in China, eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and eastern Afghanistan.The wingspan is 30-34 mm...
- (Graeser 1892) - Sphingonaepiopsis malgassicaSphingonaepiopsis malgassicaSphingonaepiopsis malgassica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.The basal half of the forewing upperside is brown. There is a dark triangular area with its base on the outer margin near the hind angle and a similar triangle with its base on the costal margin. The apical...
- (Clark 1929) - Sphingonaepiopsis nanaSphingonaepiopsis nanaThe Savanna Hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the Kerman Province, Hormozgan Province and Baluchistan in southern Iran and western Saudi Arabia to the southern Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa to Natal, west to Gambia.The wingspan is 25-30 mm...
- (Walker 1856) - Sphingonaepiopsis obscurusSphingonaepiopsis obscurusSphingonaepiopsis obscurus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar....
- (Mabille 1880) - Sphingonaepiopsis pumilioSphingonaepiopsis pumilioSphingonaepiopsis pumilio is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Uttar Pradesh in India, east through Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma to China , south to Peninsular Malaysia through Vietnam and Thailand....
- (Boisduval 1875)