| FAMILY |
Sphingidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Sphinginae
|
| GENUS |
Dovania |
| SPECIES |
poecila
|
| AUTHOR | Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Dovania poecila spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Malawi], Central Angoniland, District of Dowa (Chiwere), 50 miles SW of Lake Nyassa, 4500 ft, xii.1901-i.1902, leg. H. A. Byatt.
|
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
/
|
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH.
|
| STATUS |
Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Dovania by W. Rothschild & K. Jordan (1903a: 47). |
| 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 |
47; pl. 6, fig. 9
|
| COUNTRY |
PROVINCE/STATE |
PUBLICATION |
PAGE |
| Burundi |
|
Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. |
62 |
| Cameroon |
|
Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. - Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(8):325-369. |
347 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
North Kivu |
Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). - — 16(3):73-124. |
86 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
Orientale |
Debauche H. R. 1942. Lepidoptera, Heterocera. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933-1935). - — 41:1-28, pls 1-4. |
26 |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the |
Katanga |
Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d'Ouganda (Lepidoptera). - Saturnafrica 29:21-38. |
24 (as inops) |
| Kenya |
|
Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology) Supplement 8:1-119. |
347 |
| Malawi |
|
Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67. |
47 |
| Nigeria |
|
Kitching I. J. 2017. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. - — . |
Website |
| Rwanda |
|
Gehlen B. 1951. Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 44(3):251-253. |
251 (as inops) |
| Tanzania |
|
Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. - Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(8):325-369. |
347 |
| Uganda |
|
Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. - Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(8):325-369. |
347 |
| Zambia |
|
D'Abrera B. 1987. Sphingidae Mundi. Hawk Moths of the world based on a checklist by Alan Hayes and the collection he curated in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1-226. |
19 |
