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Cephonodes Hübner, [1819]

Bee Hawks
Cephonodes Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 131, TS: Sphinx hylas Linnaeus
Potidaea Wallengren, 1858; , TS: Sphinx hylas Linnaeus
Cephonodes (Hemarina) ; [HMW, 18]

Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, [1771])

SE.Asia, Japan, India, Australia, Africa. See [About maps] Sphinx hylas Linnaeus, [1771]; Mant. Plant. 539, TL: China
Macroglossa confinis Boisduval, [1875]
Cephonodes hylas, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cephonodes hylas, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Cephonodes hylas ; [HMW]

1100x935 (~93Kb) Japan: Tokyo, 2.9.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant

1152x750 (~71Kb) larva Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, 8-93, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

1024x768 (~78Kb) Funaura, Iriomote, Japan, 5-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

Larva on Ervatamia angustisepala, Canthium odoratum, Pavetta australiensis, Gardenia augusta [Don Herbison-Evans]

C. h. virescens (Wallengren, 1858)

Africa, Madagascar virescens (Wallengren, 1858)
?Potidaea virescens Wallengren, 1865; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4) : 17, TL: Caffraria
confinis (Boisduval, [1875])
Cephonodes hylas virescens ; [HMW]

Larva on Burchellia, Gardenia, Kraussia, Pavetta, Vangueria [HMCSA]

C. h. melanogaster Cadiou, 1998

Cephonodes hylas melanogaster ; [HMW]

C. h. australis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000

Cephonodes hylas australis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; [HMW: 40, 206], TL: Australia, Queensland, Milmerran

Cephonodes janus (Miskin, 1891)

Australia. See [About maps] Hemaris janus Miskin, 1891
cunninghami (Schaufuss, 1870)

= ; [HMW]

Cephanodes[sic] unicolor Rothschild, 1896; Novit. Zool. 3 (2) : 231, TL: Coomooboolaroo, near Duaring, N.Queensland

= ; [HMW]

Cephonodes janus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cephonodes janus ; [HMW]

C. j. austrosundanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Cephonodes austrosundanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Cephonodes janus austrosundanus ; [HMW]

C. j. simplex Rothschild, 1894

Loyalty Is., ...? Cephanodes[sic] simplex Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 66, pl. 5, f. 1, TL: Lifu, Loyalty Islands
Cephonodes janus simplex ; [HMW]

Cephonodes kingii (W.S. Macleay)

Australia. See [About maps] Macroglossum kingii W.S. Macleay
Cephonodes bucklandi Butler, 1884
Cephonodes kingii, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cephonodes kingii ; [HMW]

Larva on Citrus limonia, Medicago sativa, Gardenia jasminoides, Canthium coprosmoides, C. odoratum, C. oleifolum, C. attenuatum [Don Herbison-Evans]

Cephonodes picus (Cramer, [1777])

India - Borneo - Queensland, New Guinea. See [About maps] Sphinx picus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 38
Sesia cunninghami Walker, 1856

= ; [HMW]

Macroglossa yunx Boisduval, [1875]

= ; [HMW]

Cephonodes picus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cephonodes picus ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 469

Larva on Jasminium, Adina, Coffea, Gardenia, Guettarda, Morinda, Pavetta, Randia, Tarema, Nephelium [MOB3, 144]

Cephonodes xanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Japan. See [About maps] Cephonodes xanthus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Cephonodes xanthus ; [HMW]

1152x750 (~67Kb) Funaura, Iriomote, Ryukyu, Japan, 5-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

23.9.2011 (17)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMCSA]

Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[MOB3]

Holloway, J. D, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)

[Peter Payzant]

Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile

[S. Shuichi Haupt]

e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Rothschild, 1894

Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7

Rothschild, 1896

Some undescribed lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 3 (2) : 231-232

Rothschild, 1899

Some new eastern Lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 6 (1) : 67-71

Wallengren, 1865

Heterocer-Fjärilar, samlade i Kafferlandet af J. A. Wahlberg, beskirfna af H. D. J. Wallengren K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4) : 1-83

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