Dovania poecila poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
FAMILY | Sphingidae |
SUBFAMILY | Sphinginae |
GENUS | Dovania |
SPECIES | poecila |
SUBSPECIES | poecila |
AUTHOR | Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Dovania poecila |
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 | Subspecies |
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
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
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 | |
Tanzania | Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d'Ouganda (Lepidoptera). - Saturnafrica 29:21-38. | 24 |
Host Plants
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