Theretra orpheus scotinus Rothschild & Jordan, 1915

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FAMILY Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY Macroglossinae
GENUS Theretra
SPECIES orpheus
SUBSPECIES scotinus
AUTHORRothschild & Jordan, 1915
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONTheretra orpheus scotinus subsp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYNigeria S, Ilesha, 1911, leg. L. E. H. Humphrey.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes 3♂, BMNH.
STATUS Subspecies
PUBLICATION Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1915b. Some new Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:291-294.
PAGINATION 294

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Cameroon   Darge Ph. 1983. Liste provisoire des Sphingidae du Cameroun (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 87 (1982)(9-10):377-381. 380
Nigeria   Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1915b. Some new Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 22:291-294. 294

Host Plants

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