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Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Andriasa (genus)/  Andriasa contraria (species)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1869)
Citation:Basiana suffusa
Original genus:Basiana
Publication:Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo.
Journal:Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow
Volume:1
Issue:
Pagination:329
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1812376
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Andriasa contraria towadeus (1)
Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856; synonymized by C. A. Bridges (1993). Regarded as a separate subspecies by I. J. Kitching et al. (2018).

Bridges C. A. 1993. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Sphingidae of the world.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, leg. Marsden.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Angola Dewitz H. 1879. Afrikanische Schmetterlinge. page 29 (as pechuelii)
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. page 329
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Gehlen B. 1935. Neue afrikanische Sphingiden. page 13 (as towadeus)
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Equatorial Guinea Holland W. J. 1893f. New exotic Lepidoptera. page 341 (as perpallida)
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Rwanda Turlin B. 2023. Liste des Sphinx répertoriés au Rwanda. page 27
Andriasa contraria suffusa (Walker, 1869) Uganda Darge Ph. 2014c. Deuc nouvelles espèces orophiles du genre Andriasa Walker, 1856, originaires des montagnes du Zimbabwe et de l'Uganda (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae, Smerinthini Grote et Robinson, 1865). page 17 (as ugandensis)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Andriasa contraria crenulata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) (Bethune-Baker, 1911) subspecies Synonym Trotonotus contraria crenulata
Andriasa contraria kadamensis Darge, 2014 Darge, 2014 subspecies Synonym Andriasa contraria kadamensis
Andriasa contraria marginalis (Butler, 1882) (Butler, 1882) subspecies Synonym Pseudosmerinthus contraria marginalis
Andriasa contraria objectus (Strand, 1912) (Strand, 1912) subspecies Synonym Polyptychus contraria objectus
Andriasa contraria pechuelii (Dewitz, 1879) (Dewitz, 1879) subspecies Synonym Smerinthus contraria pechuelii
Andriasa contraria perpallida (Holland, 1893) (Holland, 1893) subspecies Synonym Dewitzia contraria perpallida
Andriasa contraria towadeus (Gehlen, 1935) (Gehlen, 1935) subspecies Synonym Polyptychus contraria towadeus