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Coelonia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Coelonia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 6 (key), 24, TS: Protoparce fulvinotata Butler
Coelonia (Acherontiini) ; [HMW, 18]

Coelonia brevis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)¹
Coelonia brevis ; [HMW]

Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
Madagascar, Mauritius, Rhodesia, Nyasaland. See [About maps] Fulvous Sphinx
Protoparce fulvinotata Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 11, TL: South Africa
Protoparce mauritii Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 606, TL: Mauritius; Natal
nigricans Closs, 1911
Coelonia fulvinotata ; [HMW]

Larva on Convolvulus, Ipomoea, Solanum, Cissus, Lachnopylas, Salvia, Pycnostachys, Tecomaria, Cordia, Duranta, Coleus, Clerodendron, Dhalia, Lantana, Bignonia, Spathodea [HMCSA]

C. f. nigrescens Basquin, 1992
Coelonia fulvinotata nigrescens Basquin, 1992; Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. 75-76: 47
Coelonia fulvinotata nigrescens ; [HMW]

Coelonia solani (Boisduval, 1833)
Magagascar Sphinx solani Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Annls Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 224
astaroth (Boisduval, [1875])
grisescens (Saalmüller, 1884)
Coelonia solani ; [HMW]
C. s. comorana Clark, 1927
Comoro Is. Coelonia solani comorana Clark, 1927; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 99, TL: Comoro I.
Coelonia solani comorana ; [HMW]


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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.
[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)
[¹]
Parentheses have no taxonomic semantics here. This is an error that will be fixed at some point.


Some related literature:
Basquin, 1992
Contribution à la connaissance des Spihnx de l'île de São Tomé Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. 75-76: 46-49
Boisduval, 1833
Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice Nouv. Annls Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 149-270
Butler, 1875
Descriptions of thirty-three new or littleknown species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 3-16
Butler, 1876
Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 511-644
Clark, 1927
Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon two other species Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 99-109
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls


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