Theretra orpheus

Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa.^[2]

Theretra orpheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Theretra
Species:	T. orpheus
Binomial name
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
Chaerocampa orpheus Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Panacra natalensis Rothschild, 1894 Theretra orpheus megalesia Viette, 1956

The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm.

Subspecies

• Theretra orpheus orpheus (woodland and forest from the Cape to East Africa)
• Theretra orpheus gauthieri Darge, 1991 (Príncipe)
• Theretra orpheus intensa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
• Theretra orpheus malgassica Clark, 1933 (Madagascar)
• Theretra orpheus pelius Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Uganda, Congo to Sierra Leone)
• Theretra orpheus scotinus Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 (Nigeria)