Nephele hespera

Crepuscular hawkmoth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species:
N. hespera
Binomial name
Nephele hespera
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx hespera Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx didyma Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx quaterna Esper, 1794
  • Sphinx morpheus Cramer, 1777
  • Sphinx chiron Cramer, 1777
  • Perigonia obliterans Walker, 1865

Nephele hespera, the crepuscular hawkmoth, is a sphingid moth described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

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