Smerinthulus perversa
Appearance
Smerinthulus perversa | |
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Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Smerinthulus |
Species: | S. perversa
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Binomial name | |
Smerinthulus perversa (Rothschild, 1895)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Smerinthulus perversa, the lichenous hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan, Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western and southern China and Thailand.
The wingspan is 62–90 mm.
Subspecies
[edit]- Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China and Thailand)[2]
- Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 (Taiwan)[3]
- Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 (southern China)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Rothschild, 1895) -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.