Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa. The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm. The forewings are narrow and long, the termen rounded, especially in females, the apex is not very acute. The body is dark brown to dark grey, with numerous paler longitudinal lines. The forewings are grey, brown or ochreous brown, with one or more curved dark lines running from the inner margin near the base to the apex, separated by a conspicuous short pale stripe at the inner margin. The basal and anterior portion of the wing is usually darker. The hindwings are dark blackish grey.
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| - Theretra orpheus (nl)
- Theretra orpheus (en)
- Theretra orpheus (sv)
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| - Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa. The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm. The forewings are narrow and long, the termen rounded, especially in females, the apex is not very acute. The body is dark brown to dark grey, with numerous paler longitudinal lines. The forewings are grey, brown or ochreous brown, with one or more curved dark lines running from the inner margin near the base to the apex, separated by a conspicuous short pale stripe at the inner margin. The basal and anterior portion of the wing is usually darker. The hindwings are dark blackish grey. (en)
- Theretra orpheus is een vlinder uit de familie van de pijlstaarten (Sphingidae). Theretra orpheus werd in beschreven door Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer. (nl)
- Theretra orpheus är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Herrich-Schäffer 1854. Theretra orpheus ingår i släktet Theretra och familjen svärmare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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| - *Chaerocampa orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
*Panacra natalensis (Rothschild, 1894)
*Theretra orpheus megalesia (Viette, 1956) (en)
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| - Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa. The length of the forewings is 22–26 mm. The forewings are narrow and long, the termen rounded, especially in females, the apex is not very acute. The body is dark brown to dark grey, with numerous paler longitudinal lines. The forewings are grey, brown or ochreous brown, with one or more curved dark lines running from the inner margin near the base to the apex, separated by a conspicuous short pale stripe at the inner margin. The basal and anterior portion of the wing is usually darker. The hindwings are dark blackish grey. (en)
- Theretra orpheus is een vlinder uit de familie van de pijlstaarten (Sphingidae). Theretra orpheus werd in beschreven door Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer. (nl)
- Theretra orpheus är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Herrich-Schäffer 1854. Theretra orpheus ingår i släktet Theretra och familjen svärmare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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