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Deilephila Laspeyres, 1809

Deilephila Laspeyres, 1809; Jenaische allg. Literatur-Zeit. 4(240): 100, TS: Sphinx elpenor
Eumorpha Hübner, [1806]; Tentamen determinationis digestionis....
Elpenor Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 760
Choerocampa Duponchel, 1835; Hist. Nat. Lepid., Suppl., 2: 159
Metopsilus Duncan, 1836; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn 1) 14 (Brit. Moths): 154
Elpenor Agassiz, 1846; Nomencl. zool. (Nomina syst. Generum Lepid.): 24
Cinogon Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 1
Deilephila, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila ; Druce, 1881, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 13
Deilephila (Choercampina) ; [HMW, 19]

Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia Minor, AC, Japan. See [About maps] Horsmakiitäjä Allmän snabelsvärmare Dueurtsvaermer Suur-punasuru Elephant Hawk-moth Mittlerer Weinschwärmer Moyen Sphinx de la Vigne Esfinge de la Vid szölöszender
Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 491
Sphinx porcus Retzius, 1783; Gen. Spec. Ins.: 34
Elpenor vitis Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 760
Chaerocampa lewisii Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 247
cinerescens (Newnham, 1900)
clara (Tutt, 1904)
obsoleta (Tutt, 1904)
pallida (Tutt, 1904)
unicolor (Tutt, 1904)
virgata (Tutt, 1904)
vautrini (Austaut, 1907)
daubi (Niepelt, 1908)
hades (Rebel, 1910)
alboradiata (Lambillion, 1913)
philipsi Niepelt, 1921
scheiderbaueri (Gschwandner, 1924)
lugens (Niepelt, 1926)
argentea Burrau, 1950
szechuana (Chu & Wang, 1980)
tristis Lempke & Stolk, 1986
Deilephila elpenor, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Deilephila elpenor, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Deilephila elpenor, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Deilephila elpenor, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Deilephila elpenor elpenor, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila elpenor elpenor, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila elpenor, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Deilephila elpenor ; [HMW]

800x550 (~98Kb) Littleborough, England, 19.6.1998, Photo © Ian Kimber	900x602 (~42Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 23.6.1978 © Pertti Pakkanen	783x1000 (~98Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 23.7.1977 © Pertti Pakkanen
1000x679 (~75Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 25.7.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	733x503 (~75Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Röhricht (8° 49' E, 48° 57' N, 230m), 18.05.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	600x400 (~38Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
600x400 (~55Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x400 (~73Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	1000x417 (~35Kb) larva FINLAND: EH: Jokioinen, 674:31, 16.8.1991, Photo © Hannele Aulin
642x915 (~53Kb) underside Belgium, Antwerpen, Hobokense Polder, 20.5.2004 (placed on a flower for photographing), Photo © Toon Verbruggen	800x533 (~110Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 28.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	1000x616 (~91Kb) larva FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 12.8.2000, Photo © Markku Savela
719x385 (~70Kb)

Larva on Chamaenerion angustifolium, Clarkia sp., Galium, G. spurium, G. uliginosum, G. mollugo, G. verum, G. boreale, Calla palustris, Impatiens noli-tangere, I. parviflora [SPRK]

D. e. macromera (Butler, 1875)

Deilephila elpenor macromera, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila elpenor macromera ; [HMW]

Deilephila rivularis (Boisduval, [1875])

Afghanistan, N.India. See [About maps] Chaerocampa rivularis Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 280, TL: Simla, India
Chaerocampa fraterna Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 247
Deilephila rivularis, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]

Larva on Arisaema, Impatiens [Tony Pittaway]

Deilephila porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, tr, Iran. See [About maps] Pikkukiitäjä Liten Snabelsvärmare Lille vinsvaermer Väike-punasuru Small Elephant Hawk-moth Kleiner Weinschwärmer Petit Sphinx de la Vigne piros szender
Sphinx porcellus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 492
Deilephila porcellus var. suellus Staudinger, 1878; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 298, TL: Amasia

= ; [HMW]

lutescens (Cockerell, 1887)
clara (Tutt, 1904)
hibernica (Tutt, 1904)
indistincta (Tutt, 1904)
scotica (Tutt, 1904)
suffusa (Tutt, 1904)
galbana (Gillmer, 1910)
flavocincta (Wize, 1917)
Metopsilus porcellus colossus A. Bang-Haas, 1906; Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 19: 129, TL: Teniet-el-Haad, N.Algeria

= ; [HMW]

Pergesa porcellus porca O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 80

= ; [HMW]

Pergesa suellus sus O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 80

= ; [HMW]

wesloeensis (Knoch, 1929)
Pergesa suellus rosea Zerny, 1933; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 47: 60

= ; [HMW]

cingulata (O. Bang-Haas, 1934)
Pergesa suellus kuruschi O. Bang-Haas, 1938; Ent. Zeit. 52 (22): 180
decolor Cockayne, 1953
warneckei Capuse, 1963
Deilephila suellus kashgoulii Ebert, 1977; J. ent. Soc. Iran 3: 91

= ; [HMW]

Pergesa porcellus sinkiangensis Chu & Wang, 1980; Acta Zootax. Sinica 5: 421

= ; [HMW]

Eumorpha suellus gissarodarvasica Shchetkin, 1981; Izv. Akad. Nauk tadzhik. SSR, (Otdel. Biol. Nauk) 85: 90-92

= ; [HMW]

sibirica (Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1992)

= ; [HMW]

songoricus Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996

= ; [HMW]

Deilephila porcellus, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Deilephila porcellus, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Deilephila porcellus, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Deilephila porcellus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Deilephila porcellus, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila porcellus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Deilephila porcellus, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Deilephila porcellus colossus ;
Deilephila porcellus suellus ;
Deilephila porcellus ; [HMW]

1000x662 (~53Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 18.6.1978 © Pertti Pakkanen	1000x663 (~56Kb) ova Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex.), Photo 1.7.1977 © Pertti Pakkanen	588x900 (~52Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 24.6.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen
602x900 (~70Kb) larva Finland, U: Järvenpää 670:39, (ex. ovo), Photo 25.6.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen	431x647 (~55Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 250m), 28.07.1999, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	533x316 (~44Kb)

Larva on Galium, G. mollugo, G. verum, G. boreale, Epilobium montanum, Chamaenerion angustifolium [SPRK]

12.9.2006 (4)

References:

[About maps]

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

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[HMW]

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

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tony Pittaway]

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

[Toon Verbruggen]

e-mail: Toon Verbruggen; http://users.pandora.be/natuurpuntza/index.htm

Some related literature:

A. Bang-Haas, 1906

Neue oder wenig bekannte palaearctische Macrolepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 19: 127-144

O. Bang-Haas, 1927

Horae Macrolepidopterologicae Regionis Palaearcticae Horae Macrolep. Palaearct. 1: 128pp, 11pls

O. Bang-Haas, 1938

Neubeschreibungen und Berichtigungen der Palaearactischen Macrolepidoptera. XXXVI Ent. Zeit. 52 (22): 177-180

Boisduval, [1875]

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères, 1 in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: -

Butler, 1875

Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 238-261

Butler, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881: 1-23, 171-200, 579-600

Duponchel, 1835

Supplement à l'histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères d'Europe Hist. Nat. Lepid., Suppl., 2: 159

Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1881

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-64

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Shchetkin, 1981

[New subspecies of Eumorpha suellus Stgr. from Pamir-Alaya (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Izv. Akad. Nauk tadzhik. SSR, (Otdel. Biol. Nauk) 85: 90-92

Staudinger, 1878

Lepidopteren-Fauna Kleinasiens Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 176-482

Zerny, 1933

Lepidopteren aus dem nördlichen Libanon Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 47: 60-109

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