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Lophostethus Butler, 1876

Lophostethus Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 585, TS: Sphinx demolini
Euclea Boisduval, [1875]
Lophostethus (Smerinthini) ; [HMW, 16]

Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa, Uganda, Congo, W.AFrica, Rhodesia, Nyasaland. See [About maps] Arrow Sphinx Prisoner Sphinx
Sphinx dumolinii Angas, 1849; Kafirs Illustr.: pl. 30, f. 11, TL: Natal
?Smerinthus dumolini Walker, 1856
Lophostethus dumolinii ; [HMW]

Larva on Hibiscus tiliaceus, H. panduraeformis, Dombeya, Carissa, Adansonia, Grewia occidentalis, Sterculiaceae sp. [HMCSA]

L. d. carteri Rothschild, 1894

Lophostethus carteri Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 97, TL: Lagos
Lophostethus dumolinii carteri ; [HMW]

L. d. congoicum Clark, 1937

Lophostethus dumolinii congoicum ; [HMW]

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References:

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[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)

Some related literature:

Angas, 1849

The Kaffirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amapanda, and Amakosa Tribes; also Portraits of the Hotentot, Malay, Fingo and other Races Inhabiting South Africa Kafirs Illustr.: [52pp]

Butler, 1876

Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 511-644

Jordan, 1926

On some Old World Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 379-384

Rothschild, 1894

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

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