Smerinthulus perversa

Smerinthulus perversa
Smerinthulus perversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Smerinthulus
Species: S. perversa
Binomial name
Smerinthulus perversa
(Rothschild, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cypa perversa Rothschild, 1895
  • Smerinthulus doipuiensis Inoue, 1991

Smerinthulus perversa is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Taiwan, Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western and southern China and Thailand.

The wingspan is 62–90 mm. It is similar to Smerinthulus dohrni but there is a blackish shadowy postdiscal band on the hindwing upperside.

Subspecies

  • Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China and Thailand)[2]
  • Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 (Taiwan)[3]
  • Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 (southern China)[4]

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Smerinthulus/perversa.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Smerinthulus perversa perversa'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_per.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  3. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_fla.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  4. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Smerinthulus perversa pallidus'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_pal.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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