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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Smerinthinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Smerinthini

Genus

Smerinthus Latreille, 1802

Type Species

Sphinx ocellata Linnaeus, 1758

= Dilina Dalman, 1816 (TS: Sphinx ocellata Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation)
= Merinthus Meigen, 1830 (TS: Sphinx ocellata Linnaeus, 1758)
= Eusmerinthus Grote, 1877 (TS: Smerinthus geminata Say, 1824, by original designation)
= Copismerinthus Grote, 1886 (TS: Smerinthus cerysi Kirby, 1837 by monotypy)
= Daddia Tutt, 1902 (TS: Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853, by monotypy)
= Bellia Tutt, 1902 (TS: Smerinthus caecus Ménétriés, 1857b, by monotypy)
= Bellinca Strand, 1943 (TS: Smerinthus caecus Ménétriés, 1857b, by monotypy)

Species/Subspecies

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853

Type Locality

Argana Maden, Kurdistan [Maden, north of Ergani, Turkey]

= Smerinthus kindermanni var. orbata Grum-Grshimailo, 1890: 512 (TL. [Uzbekistan] Ferghana [Fergana])
= Smerinthus kindermanni var. obsoleta Staudinger, 1901: 100 (China: Xinjiang Uygur)
= Smerinthus kindermannii obscura Closs, 1917b: 153 (TL. Syria)
= Smerinthus kindermanni meridionalis Gehlen, 1931b: 202 (TL. Bashhar, Nordindien, 5000 m)
= Smerinthus kindermannii gehleni Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996: 617 (TL. India (N): [Himachal Pradesh])
= Smerinthus kindermannii iliensis Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996: 617 (TL. Kazakhstan: Alma Ata[/Almaty] district)

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Distribution

Specific Records

Chamba, Kinnaur, Lahaul, Spiti

States/Union Territories

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya

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