Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Permalink:	DOVAPOEC
Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Sphinginae (subfamily)/  Sphingini (tribe)/  Sphingina (subtribe)/  Dovania (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Citation:	Dovania poecila spec. nov.
Original genus:	Dovania
Publication:	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	9
Issue:	Supplement
Pagination:	47; pl. 6, fig. 9
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9573190

Dovania poecila (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Dovania by W. Rothschild & K. Jordan (1903a: 47).

Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Malawi	[Malawi], Central Angoniland, District of Dowa (Chiwere), 50 miles SW of Lake Nyassa, 4500 ft, xii.1901–i.1902, leg. H. A. Byatt.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Burundi		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page 62
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Cameroon		Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. page 347
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24 (as inops)
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	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). page 26
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 86
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Kenya		Fletcher D. S. 1967. A revision of the Ethiopian species and a check list of the world species of Cleora (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). page 347
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Malawi		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page 47
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Nigeria		Kitching I. J. 2017. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. page Website
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Rwanda		Gehlen B. 1951. Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. page 251 (as inops)
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Tanzania		Fletcher D. S. 1968a. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1952. – Cossidae, Metarbelidae, Psychidae, Limacodidae, Drepanidae, Uraniidae, Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Saturniidae & Sphingidae. page 347
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1956a. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (II). page 5
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	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). page 19
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Kenya		Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Rwanda		Gehlen B. 1951. Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. page 251
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Tanzania		Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Uganda		Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24
Dovania poecila mirei Pierre, 2000	Cameroon		Pierre J. 2000. Nouveaux Sphinx afrotropicaux du genre Dovania (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 110
Dovania poecila poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Malawi		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. page 47
Dovania poecila poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Tanzania		Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d’Ouganda (Lepidoptera). page 24

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Acanthus arboreus	Acanthaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 100
Dovania poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Acanthus pubescens	Acanthaceae		Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page 84

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Dovania poecila (1)

Dovania poecila (2)

Dovania poecila (3)

Dovania poecila (4)

Dovania poecila inops (1)

Dovania poecila inops (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951	Gehlen, 1951	subspecies	Accepted	Dovania poecila inops
Dovania poecila mirei Pierre, 2000	Pierre, 2000	subspecies	Accepted	Dovania poecila mirei
Dovania poecila poecila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	Rothschild & Jordan, 1903	subspecies	Accepted	Dovania poecila poecila

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination