Species Daphnis placida (Walker, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Darapsa placida Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271.
• Daphnis angustans Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. 1874. [1874-1875]. Lepidoptera. Heterocera. Noctuida. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. (Zoologischer Theil). Wien. Band 2 (Abtheilung 2). [pl. lxxvi, figs 6, 7].
• Choerocampa hesperus Boisduval, J.B.A.D.de in Boisduval, J.B.A.D.de & Guenée, A. 1875. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species Géneral des Lépidoptères Hétéocères. Tome 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides. Paris. ii+iv + 568 + 6, pls 1-11 [228].
• Daphnis horsfieldii Butler, A.G. 1876. Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9(3): 511-644, pls 90-94 [572].
• Daphnis andamana Druce, H.H.C.J. 1882. Descriptions of New Species of Aegeriidae and Shingidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 19: 15-18 [16].
• Daphnis torenia rosacea Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [85].
• Deilephila salomonis Rothschild, Hon. W. & Jordan, K. 1906. 1. New Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 178-185 [181].
• Deilephila jamdenae Debauche, H. 1934. Notes sur les Sphingides du Musée de Bruxelles. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 10: 1-10.

 

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 jamdenae)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Hammond Island, Torres Strait (nominate subspecies reported by Lane & Moulds (2015))

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Dec-2014	SPHINGIDAE	20-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		23-Jun-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)