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Daphnis Hübner, [1819]

Daphnis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 134, TS: Sphinx nerii
Regia Tutt, 1903; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 15 : 101, TS: torenia Druce
Histriosphinx Varis, 1976; Notul. ent. 56: 127
Daphnis, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Daphnis (Choerocampinae) ; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 14
Daphnis (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]

Daphnis dohertyi Rothschild, 1897

Australia. See [About maps] Daphnis dohertyi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Daphnis dohertyi ; [HMW]

D. d. callusia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

Daphnis callusia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Daphnis dohertyi callusia ; [HMW]

Daphnis hypothous (Cramer, [1780])

India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia. See [About maps] Sphinx hypothous Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 165, TL: Amboina
Daphnis hypothous, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Daphnis hypothous hypothous, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Daphnis hypothous hypothous, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Daphnis hypothous ; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 15, pl. 83, f. 1, 1a
Deilephila hypothous ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 509
Daphnis hypothous ; [HMW]

769x513 (~106Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

Larva on Rubiaceae, Cinchona, Wendlandia, Uncaria [Tony Pittaway], Alstonia, Anthocephalus, Ixora, Pavetta [MOB3, 146]

D. h. moorei (Macleay, 1866)

Borneo Darapsa moorei Macleay, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1 : lv, TL: Cape York
Daphnis pallescens Butler, 1875

= ; [HMW]

Daphnis magnifica Butler, 1877

= ; [HMW]

Daphnis gloriosa Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 85, TL: N.Borneo

= ; [HMW]

gigantea (Röber, 1921)

= ; [HMW]

Daphnis hypothous moorei ; [HMW]

Daphnis layardii Moore, 1882

Ceylon. See [About maps] Daphnis layardii Moore, 1882; Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 16, pl. 84, f. 1
Daphnis layardii ; [HMW]

Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)

AF, SEU, Ceylon, S.Russia, Near East, Caucasus, India. See [About maps] Oleanterikiitäjä Oleandersvärmare Oleandrisuru Oleander Hawk-moth Oleanderschwärmer Sphinx du Laurier-rose Esfinge de la Adelfa oleanderszender
Sphinx nerii Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 490
infernelutea Saalmüller, 1884
confluens (Closs, 1912)
nigra Schmidt, 1914
Deilephila nerii bipartita Gehlen, 1934; Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10: 2
Daphnis nerii, African Moths [AFM]
Daphnis nerii, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Daphnis nerii, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Daphnis nerii, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Daphnis nerii, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Daphnis nerii, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Daphnis nerii, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Daphnis nerii, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Daphnis nerii, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Daphnis nerii ; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 14, pl. 82, f. 1, 1a; [HMW]

1000x1191 (~198Kb) South Africa: Letseng mine, Lesotho (~3200m), ?Feb 2006, Photo © Eric Josephson

Larva on Nerium, Vinca [BSW], ("Jasmine") Acokanthera, Gardenia, Carissa, Rauwolfia, Taberna, Mangifera, Adenium multiflorum [HMCSA], Bignonia [Nigel Carr]

Daphnis placida (Walker, 1856)

Andaman Is., Sundaland - New Caledonia, Australia. See [About maps] Darapsa placida Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 186
Daphnis angustans R. Felder, [1874]
Choerocampa hesperus Boisduval, [1875]
Daphnis horsfieldii Butler, 1876
Daphnis andamana H. Druce, 1882
Daphnis torenia rosacea Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 85, TL: Lifu, Loyalty Islands

= Daphnis nerii ; [HMW]

jamdenae (Debauche, 1934)

= Daphnis nerii ; [HMW]

Daphnis placida, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Daphnis placida placida, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila placida ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 511
Daphnis placida ; [HMW]

Larva on Alstonia, Tabernaemontana [MOB3, 147]

D. p. salomonis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)

Deilephila salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
Daphnis placida salomonis ; [HMW]

Daphnis protrudens R. Felder, [1874]

Australia. See [About maps] Daphnis protrudens, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Daphnis protrudens ; [HMW]

D. p. lecourti Cadiou, 1997

Daphnis protrudens lecourti ; [HMW]

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References:

[AFM]

African Moths

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BSW]

de Freina & Witt, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[Eric Josephson]

Seattle

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMCSA]

Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MOB3]

Holloway, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Nigel Carr]

Samut Sakorn, Thailand

[Olli Vesikko]

http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1780]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Macleay, 1866

[Lepidopterous Insects rom Cape York, presented to the Museum by Mr. Moore of H.M.S. "Salamander"] Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1 : liii-lv

Moore, 1882

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])

Rothschild, 1894

Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7

Tutt, 1903

Genera of the Eumorphid and Daphnid Sphingids Ent. Rec. J. Var. 15 : 100-101

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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