Hippotion isis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
FAMILY | Sphingidae |
SUBFAMILY | Macroglossinae |
GENUS | Hippotion |
SPECIES | isis |
AUTHOR | Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Hippotion isis spec. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Africa], "Doubtless African", Unknown. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, SNHM. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i–cxxxv, 1–972, pls 1–67. |
PAGINATION |
748 (key), 753–754
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Mauritius | Kitching I. J. & Cadiou J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world. An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). - — :i–viii, 1–227, pls 1–7. | 116 |
Notes: The record of Seychelles (D'Abrera 1986: 190) is a misidentification of Hippotion celerio Linnaeus, 1758 (see Kitching & Cadiou 2000: 116).
Host Plants
Unknown