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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Macroglossinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Macroglossini

Genus

Deilephila Laspeyres, 1809

Type Species

Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758

= Eumorpha Hübner, [1806]: 491 (TS: Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758)
= Elpenor Oken, 1815: 760 (Included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1956, Opinion 417: 3))
= Choerocampa Duponchel, 1835: 159 (TS: Sphinx porcellus Linnaeus, 1758)
= Metopsilus Duncan, 1836: 154 (TS: Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758)
= Deielphila; Guérin-Méneville, 1843: 80 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Elpenor Agassiz, 1846: 24 (TS: Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758)
= Cinogon Butler, 1881: 1 (TS: Cinogen cingulatum Butler, 1881)

Species/Subspecies

Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus, 1758 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

[Sweden]

= Sphinx porcus Retzius, 1783: 34 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Elpenor vitis Oken, 1815: 760 (Suppressed name)
= Chaerocampa lewisi Butler, 1875b: 7 (TL. China; Japan)
= Choerocampa macromera Butler, 1875b: 7 (TL. Silhet [Sylhet]; N. India)
= Deilephila elpenor macromera Butler, 1875b: 7 (TL. Silhet [Sylhet]; N. India)
= Chaerocampa (elpenor) cinerescens Newnham, 1900: 66 (TL. England)
= Eumorpha (elpenor) clara Tutt, 1904 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Eumorpha (elpenor) obsoleta Tutt, 1904 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Eumorpha (elpenor) pallida Tutt, 1904 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Eumorpha (elpenor) unicolor Tutt, 1904 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Eumorpha (elpenor) virgata Tutt, 1904 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Deilephila (elpenor) vautrini Austaut, 1907: 76 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Pergesa elpenor daubi Niepelt, 1908: 209 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Pergesa elpenorhades Rebel, 1910 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Chaerocampa (elpenor) alboradiata Lambillion, 1913 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Chaerocampa (elpenor) philippsi Niepelt, 1921: 41 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Pergesa elpenor scheiderbaueri Gschwandner, 1924: 87 (TL. Austria)
= Pergesa elpenor lugens Niepelt, 1926: 61 (TL. Bavaria, Germany)
= Deilephila (elpenor) argentea Burrau, 1950: 81 (TL. Sweden)
= Pergesa elpenor distincta Meyer, 1969 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Pergesa elpenor szechuana Chu & Wang, 1980: 426 (TL. Sichuan, China)
= Deilephila (elpenor) tristis Lempke & Stolk, 1986: 158 (TL. Netherlands)

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Distribution

States/Union Territories

Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

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