Daphnis

Daphnis Hübner, [1819]

Daphnis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 134; TS: Sphinx nerii Linnaeus
Regia Tutt, 1903; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 15: 101; TS: Daphnis torenia Druce
Histriosphinx Varis, 1976; Notul. ent. 56: 127

Daphnis; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Daphnis (Choerocampinae); Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 14
Daphnis (Macroglossina); [HMW], 18
Daphnis (Macroglossinae); Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 354
Histriosphinx; [NHM-BMW]

Daphnis dohertyi Rothschild, 1897

Australia. See [maps]

Daphnis dohertyi; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [Don Herbison-Evans]

D. d. callusia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

Daphnis callusia Rothschild & Jordan, 1916

Daphnis dohertyi callusia; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis hayesi Cadiou, 1988

Daphnis hayesi; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis hypothous (Cramer, [1780])

India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia. See [maps]

Sphinx hypothous Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 165; TL: Amboina

Daphnis hypothous crameri; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Daphnis hypothous hypothous; [iNaturalist]
Daphnis hypothous; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 15, pl. 83, f. 1, 1a; [HMW]; [Tony Pittaway]; [MOB3]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB]
Deilephila hypothous; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 509

769x513 (~106Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

D. h. moorei (Macleay, 1866) Borneo

Darapsa moorei Macleay, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1: lv; TL: Cape York
Daphnis pallescens Butler, 1875
- = ; [HMW]
Daphnis magnifica Butler, 1877
- = ; [HMW]
Daphnis gloriosa Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 85; TL: N.Borneo
- = ; [HMW]
gigantea (Röber, 1921)
- = ; [HMW]

Daphnis gigantea; [LepIndex]
Daphnis hypothous moorei; [HMW]
Daphnis hypothous pallescens; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Daphnis moorei; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis layardii Moore, 1882

Ceylon. See [maps]

Daphnis layardii Moore, 1882; Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 16, pl. 84, f. 1

Daphnis layardii; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis minima Butler, 1876

ernestina Moore, [1887]

Daphnis minima ernestina; [LepIndex]
Daphnis minima; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)

AF, SEU, Ceylon, S.Russia, Near East, Caucasus, India. See [maps] Oleandrisuru Oleander Hawk-moth Oleanderschwärmer oleanderszender Oleandersvärmare Esfinge de la Adelfa Sphinx du Laurier-rose Oleanterikiitäjä

Sphinx nerii Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 490
infernelutea Saalmüller, 1884
confluens (Closs, 1912)
nigra Schmidt, 1914
Deilephila nerii bipartita Gehlen, 1934; Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10: 2

Daphnis nerii bipartita; [LepIndex]
Daphnis nerii; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 14, pl. 82, f. 1, 1a; [BSW]; [HMW]; [HMCSA]; [Nigel Carr]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [AFM] ; [BAMONA] ; [SVF] ; [Tony Pittaway] ; [Tony Pittaway]

1000x1191 (~198Kb) South Africa: Letseng mine, Lesotho (~3200m), ?Feb 2006, Photo © Eric Josephson

Daphnis placida (Walker, 1856)

Andaman Is., Sundaland - New Caledonia, Australia. See [maps]

Darapsa placida Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 186
Daphnis angustans R. Felder, [1874]
Choerocampa hesperus Boisduval, [1875]
Daphnis horsfieldii Butler, 1876
Daphnis andamana H. Druce, 1882
Daphnis torenia rosacea Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 85; TL: Lifu, Loyalty Islands
- = Daphnis nerii; [HMW]
jamdenae (Debauche, 1934)
- = Daphnis nerii; [HMW]

Daphnis jamdenae; [LepIndex]
Daphnis placida; [HMW]; [MOB3], 147; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Deilephila placida; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 511

D. p. placida

Daphnis placida placida; Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 354, pl. 66, f. 4; [Tony Pittaway]

D. p. salomonis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) Solomons

Deilephila salomonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Daphnis placida salomonis; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis protrudens R. Felder, [1874]

Australia. See [maps]

Daphnis protrudens; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [Don Herbison-Evans]

D. p. lecourti Cadiou, 1997

Daphnis protrudens lecourti; [HMW]; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis torenia Druce, 1882 Fiji, Samoa

Daphnis torenia Druce, 1882; Ent. mon. Mag. 19: 16
steffanyi (Clark, 1927)
- = ; [HMW]

Daphnis placida steffanyi; [LepIndex]
Daphnis placida torenia; [LepIndex]
Daphnis torenia; [HMW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Daphnis vriesi Hogenes & Treadaway, 1993

Daphnis vriesi; [HMW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[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!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[Eric Josephson]
Seattle
[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
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Nigel Carr]
Samut Sakorn, Thailand
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[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)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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.

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1780]
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)
Druce, 1882
Descriptions of new species of Aegeriidae and Sphingidae Ent. mon. Mag. 19 : 15-18
[BSW]; de Freina & Witt, 1987
Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis
Holloway, 1979
A survey of the Lepidoptera, Biogeography and Ecology of New Caledonia Series Entom. 15 : 1-588, pl. 1-87
[MOB3]; Holloway, 1987
Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae [1998 reprint] Moths of Borneo 3
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])
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
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 : 1-338, : 339-824
Macleay, 1866
[Lepidopterous Insects rom Cape York, presented to the Museum by Mr. Moore of H.M.S. "Salamander"] Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1 : liii-lv
Moore, 1882
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])
[HMCSA]; Pinhey, 1962
Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
Rothschild, 1894
Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7
Tutt, 1903
Genera of the Eumorphid and Daphnid Sphingids Ent. Rec. J. Var. 15 : 100-101
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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