Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Dovania
Species: Dovania poecila
Subspecies: Dovania poecila poecila
Name
Dovania poecila poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Type locality: Lake Nyassa [Malawi], 50 miles S.W. of Central Angoniland, Dowa (Chiwere), 4500 ft.
Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. XII.1901–I.1902, leg. H. A. Byatt.
Synonyms
- Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951
References
Primary references
- Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologae 9 (Suppl.): 1–972. Reference page.
Additional references
- Gehlen, B., 1951: Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 44 (3): 251–253.
- Jordan, K., 1926: On some Old World Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae, 33: 379–384.