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» Hippotion saclavorum - (Boisduval, 1833)
Taxonomy
Hippotion
saclavorum
(Boisduval, 1833)
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Subtribe:
Choerocampina
Genus:
Hippotion
Species:
Hippotion
saclavorum
(Boisduval, 1833)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice
219
Type data:
LECTOTYPE ♀ Madagascar «(Sganzin)» [CMNH]; designated by Haxaire, 2001, Lambillionea 101: 603.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Hippotion by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 748 (key), 759.
Nomenclature notes:
This species was described again by Boisduval, 1833, Faune ent. Madag. Bourbon, Maurice (Lépid.): 71.
Synonyms:
1
Media
Hippotion saclavorum, male, upperside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, male, upperside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, male, underside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, male, underside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, female, upperside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Hippotion saclavorum, female, upperside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Hippotion saclavorum, female, underside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Hippotion saclavorum, female, underside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Hippotion saclavorum, male, upperside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, male, underside. Madagascar, Ambinanindrano
Hippotion saclavorum, female, upperside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Hippotion saclavorum, female, underside. Madagascar, Ampefy
Distribution
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
