Species Daphnis hypothous (Cramer, 1780)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphinx hypothous Cramer, P. 1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waerelddeelen Asia, Africa en America. 3. Amsterdam & Utrecht. 176 pp., pls 193-288 (1779-1780) [165, pl. 285, fig. D].
• Daphnis pallescens Butler, A.G. 1875. Descriptions of thirty-three new or little-known species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 3-16, pls 1-2.
• Daphnis magnifica Butler, A.G. 1877. Descriptions of several African and Australian Lepidoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 458-462.
• Daphnis gloriosa Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [85].
• Daphnis nerii Brunet, 1985.
• Deilephila gigantea Röber, J.K.M. 1921. Ueber bekannte und neue Schmetterlinge. Entomologische Rundschau 38: 11.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the World, an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). London; Ithaca & London : The Natural History Museum, Comstock Publishing Associates vii +226 pp. [95] (for Deilephila gigantea Röber, 1921)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Sphinx hippothous Cramer, 1780 [misspelling]. —
  Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816–[1825]) 431 pp.

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