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Hippotion Hübner, [1819]

Hippotion Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 134, TS: Sphinx celerio
Panacra Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 77, TS: Panacra automedon Walker

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?Miavia Kirby, 1897
Lilina Tutt, 1903; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 15: 101, TS: pinastrina Butler

= ; [HMW]

Hippotion, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion (Choercampina) ; [HMW, 19]

Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

Tropical Africa. See [About maps] horus Röber, 1921

= ; [HMW]

nigrofasciata Aurivillius, 1925

= ; [HMW]

Hippotion aporodes ; [HMW]

Hippotion balsaminae (Walker, 1856)

Africa. See [About maps] Balsam Striped Hawk
Choerocampa balsaminae Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 138, TL: Natal
?pinastrina Martyn, 1797; pl. 29, f. 81, pl. 30, f. 85
Sphinx pinastrina Butler, 1876; 556

= ; [HMW]

Theretra pinastrina ;
Hippotion balsaminae ; [HMW]

Larva on Jussiaea repens, Impatiens? [HMCSA]

Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)

India - Solomon Islands, Australia, Japan. See [About maps] Sphinx boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 542
Sphinx vampyrus Fabricius, 1787
?minus Fabricius
Sphinx octopunctata Gmelin, 1790
Hippotion boerhaviae, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hippotion boerhaviae, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion boerhaviae ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 756; [HMW]

Larva on Oldenlandia

Hippotion brennus (Stoll, 1782)

Australia. See [About maps] Sphinx brennus Stoll, 1782
Chaerocampa[sic] johanna Kirby, 1877
Panacra maculiventris Miskin, 1891
rubribrenna Joicey & Kaye, 1917

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Hippotion funebris Gehlen, 1926
Hippotion novaebrittaniae Clark, 1932
Hippotion viettei Darge, 1975

= ; [HMW]

Hippotion brennus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hippotion brennus ; [HMW]

Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)

SEU, AF, tr, AC, AS, Australia, New Zealand. See [About maps] Etelänkiitäjä Silver-striped Hawk-moth Silver Striped Hawk Grape-vine hawk-moth Vine Hawk Moth Weinstockschwärmer Grand Sphinx de la Vigne Esfinge de la Parra csíkos szender
Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 491
Sphinx tisiphone Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 492
Phalaena inquilinus Harris, [1780]; Expos. Ins.: 93
Elpenor phoenix Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 760
Hippotion ocys Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 135
augustii (Trimoulet, 1858)
Deilephila albolineata Montrouzier, 1864; Annls Soc. linn. Lyon (2) 11: 250
brunnea Tutt, 1904
pallida Tutt, 1904
unicolor Tutt, 1904
Hippotion sieberti Closs, 1910
Hippotion rosea Closs, 1911
Hippotion luecki Closs, 1912
Hippotion celerio, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Hippotion celerio, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hippotion celerio, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Hippotion celerio, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion celerio, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion celerio, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Hippotion celerio ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 751; [HMW]

Larva on Vitis, Galium, Epilobium, Linaria, Daucus, Rumex, Lonicera, Fuchsia [BSW], Galium verum, Colocasia esculenta, Vitis vinifera, Parthenocissus [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Vitis, Cissus, Impatiens [HMCSA]

Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, [1875])

Hong Kong, India - Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumba. See [About maps] Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 233
elegans (Butler, 1875)

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Hippotion echeclus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion echeclus ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 754; [HMW]

Larva on Boerhavia, Sesamum, Monochoria [MOB3, 172]

Hippotion eson (Cramer, [1779])

South Africa, E.Africa, C.Africa, Uganda. See [About maps] Common Striped Hawk
Sphinx eson Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 57, pl. 226, f. c
gracilis (Butler, 1875)
luridus Gehlen, 1944

= ; [HMW]

Hippotion eson ; [HMW]

Larva on Ampelopsis, Richardia, Caladium, Impatiens [HMCSA]

Hippotion irregularis (Walker, 1856)

W.Africa, C.Africa, Tanganyika. See [About maps] Irregular Striped Hawk
Pergesa irregularis Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 152, TL: West Africa
crossei (Rothschild, 1896)
Hippotion irregularis ; [HMW]

Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)

AF, Madagascar, Seychells, Komori, Spain. See [About maps] Osiriskiitäjä Large Striped Hawk-moth Osiris-Schwärmer Le Deiléphile Osyris
Deilephila osiris Dalman, 1823; Analecta Entomologica: 48, TL: Africa
Hippotion osiris, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion osiris ; [HMW]

Larva on Vitis, Fuchsia, Daucus, Epilobium, Rumex, Impatiens [BSW], Cissus, Richardsonia [HMCSA]

Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

E.Africa, Sudan. See [About maps] Rebel's Striped Hawk
Hippotion rebeli Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 761, pl. 5, f. 12, TL: Sudan
fusa Berio, 1948
invertita Berio, 1948
pallidissima Berio, 1948
placta Berio, 1948
stricta Berio, 1948
suffusa Berio, 1948
undulata Berio, 1948
Hippotion rebeli ; [HMW]

Hippotion rosae (Butler, 1882)

South Africa - E.Africa (along the coast). See [About maps] Grey Hippotion
Darapsa rosae Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10: 433, TL: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique
Hippotion rosae ; [HMW]

H. r. guichardi Carcasson, 1968

Hippotion rosae guichardi ; [HMW]

Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)

Rhodesia - E.Africa. See [About maps] Small Striped Hawk
Diodosida roseipennis Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10: 433, TL: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique
Hippotion exclamationis Fawcett, 1915; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1915: 109, pl. 2, f. 24

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Hippotion exclamationis austrinum Jordan, 1930; Novit. Zool. 36 (1): 5, TL: Zululand

= ; [HMW]

robur Jordan, 1938

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Hippotion roseipennis ; [HMW]

Larva on Cissus [HMCSA]

Hippotion scrofa (Boisduval, 1832)

Australia. See [About maps] Coprosma Hawk Moth
Deilephila scrofa Boisduval, 1832
scrofa (Walker, 1856); (preocc.)
Deilephila porcia Wallengren, 1860
bernardus (Koch, 1865)
Chaerocampa[sic] ignea Butler, 1875
Hippotion scrofa, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hippotion scrofa ; [HMW]

Larva on Epilobium, Coprosma repens, Ipomoea, Fuchsia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793)

India - Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea. See [About maps] Sphinx velox Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 378
Sphinx vigil Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Panacra lignaria Walker, 1856
Sphinx phoenyx Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
Chaerocampa[sic] swinhoei Moore, 1866
Choerocampa yorkii Boisduval, [1875]
Panacra griseola Rothschild, 1894
Panacra pseudovigil Rothschild, 1894
Panacra lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
Panacra rosea Rothschild, 1894
Hippotion obanawae Matsumura, 1908
Hippotion beddoesii Clark, 1922
Hippotion noel Clark, 1923
Hippotion tainanensis Clark, 1932
Hippotion taiwanensis Riotte, 1975
Hippotion japetum Riotte, 1994; Entomologist (Lond.), 104: 296

= ; [HMW]

Hippotion velox, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hippotion velox, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hippotion velox ; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 749; [HMW]

Larva on Pisonia aculeata, P. umbellifera, Alocasia indica, Ipomoea batatas [Don Herbison-Evans], Brassica, Morinda [MOB3, 170]

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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.

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[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)

[Ian Kimber]

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

[MBE]

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

[MOB3]

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

[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)

Some related literature:

Boisduval, [1875]

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

Butler, 1882

Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae, chiefly from Africa Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10: 432-436

Cramer, [1779]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)

Dalman, 1823

Analecta Entomologica. Holimae. Typis Lindhianis Analecta Entomologica: vii + 104pp + [105-108]

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Fawcett, 1915

Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr Feather in British East Africa, 1911-12 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1915: 91-113

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])

Jordan, 1930

Description of new Sphingidae and remarks on some others Novit. Zool. 36 (1): 1-5

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: -

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls

Swinhoe, 1892

Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum (Part 1) Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (1): 324pp, viii, 8 pls

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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