Theretra nessus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Choerocampina
Genus: Theretra
Species: Theretra nessus
Subspecies: T. n. albata – T. n. nessus
Name
[edit]Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773)
Type locality: "Madras" [Drury 1773, i.e. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]
Holotype: MMUS
Synonyms
[edit]- Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773
- Type locality: "Madras" [Drury 1773, i.e. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]
- Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793
- Type locality: India Orientalis
- Chaerocampa nessus rubicundus (Schaufuss, 1870)
- Type locality: "Java" [Indonesia, Java Island]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Drury, D. 1773. Illust. exot. Insects 2: index [91], pl. 76: 1
- Moore, F. 1882. Section Heterocera. Family Sphingidæ. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2: 22 [Regarding Sphinx nessus being transferred to Theretra.]
- Fukuda, H. 2003. A new subspecies of Theretra nessus (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) from Fiji. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 54(2): 116–119. DOI: 10.18984/lepid.54.2_116 Reference page.