Species Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Sphinx boerhaviae Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April].
Hippotion thyelia Cramer, P. 1779. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 3(17–21) 1-104 pls 193-252. [issued 1779, dated 1775–1790].
Sphinx vampyrus Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 2 382 pp.
Sphinx octopunctata Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer.
Sphinx boerhaaviae Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer. [misspel.].

Queensland

Hammond Island, Torres Strait (reported as "frequent" by Lane & Moulds (2015))

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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