Species Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphinx hespera 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] [546].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "India orientali".
• Sphinx didyma 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].
• Sphinx chiron Cramer, P. 1777. 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. 2 1-152 pls 92-192. [issued 1777, dated 1775–1790].
• Sphinx morpheus Cramer, P. 1777. 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. 2 1-152 pls 92-192. [issued 1777, dated 1775–1790] [84, pl. 149].
• Sphinx quaterna Esper, E.J.C. 1794. Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV: Die Nachtschmetterlinge. Erlangen : W. Walthers.
• Perigonia obliterans Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [205]

 

Generic Combinations

• Zonilia chiron (Cramer, 1777). —
  Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [196]
• Nephele chiron (Cramer, 1777). —
  Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [133]
• Nephele didyma (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [133]
• Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775). —
  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 [624, pl.91]
• Nephele morpheus (Cramer, 1777). —
  Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [133]
• Zonilia morpheus (Cramer, 1777). —
  Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [194]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Far north QLD from Torres Strait to Laura, west of Cooktown; Iran, China, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Distribution appears to be dependent on foodplant Carissa sp. (Apocynaceae)

 

General References

Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [205]

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [268] (Note #502: Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775) and Nephele didyma (Fabricius, 1775) were published simultaneously. N. hespera (Fabricius) was given priority by Butler (1876b) as first reviser. This species was recorded as Australian by Butler (1876b) but subsequently considered non Australian. It occurs on Cape York Peninsula south to about Laura)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	19-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
11-Dec-2014	SPHINGIDAE	02-Nov-2015	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED