Species Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793)

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• Sphinx velox Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Tom. 3(Pars 1) iv 487pp.
• Sphinx vigil Guérin-Méneville, 1843.
• Panacra lignaria Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [156].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AUSTRALIA: Cape York.
• Sphinx phoenyx Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1856. 1850-[1869]. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz 84+4 pp., 100+28 pls.
• Sphinx phoenix Koch, 1865.
• Chaerocampa swinhoei Moore, F. 1866. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 755-823 [sic].
• Choerocampa yorkii 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 [248].
• Panacra griseola Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [80].
• Panacra pseudovigil Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [80].
• Panacra lifuensis Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [79].
• Panacra rosea Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [79].
• Hippotion obanawae Matsumura, S. 1908. Thousand insects of Japan. Tokyo : Keiseisham Vol. 4.
• Hippotion beddoesii Clark, B.P. 1922. Twenty-five new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, Boston 8: 1-23.
• Hippotion noel Clark, B.P. 1923. Thirty-three new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, Boston 8: 47-77 [68].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Christmas Is.
• Hippotion velox tainanensis Matsumura, S. 1927. New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 19: 1-91, Taf. 1-5 [infrasubsp.].
• Hippotion tainanensis Clark, B.P. 1932. A review of some Sphingidae described by Dr. S. Matsumura. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, Boston 13: 43-46 [45].
• Hippotion taiwanensis Riotte, J.C.E. 1975. Eine neue Art der Gattung Hippotion von Formosa (Lep., Sphingidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 85(9): 97-100 [98].
• Hippotion japenum Riotte, J.C.E. 1994. Eine neue Art des Hippotion velox-Species-Komplexes (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomologische Zeitung, Frankfurt am Mainz 104: 293-299.

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. [117] (for Hippotion japenum Riotte, 1994)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

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

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