Dovania poecila

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Type locality: Lake Nyassa [Malawi], 50 miles S.W. of Central Angoniland, Dowa (Chiwere), 4500 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. XII.1901–I.1902, leg. H. A. Byatt.

Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologae 9 (Suppl.): 1–972. BHL Reference page.

Gehlen, B., 1951: Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 44 (3): 251–253.
Jordan, K., 1926: On some Old World Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae, 33: 379–384.