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Hippotion
» Hippotion scrofa - (Boisduval, 1832)
Taxonomy
Hippotion
scrofa
(Boisduval, 1832)
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Subtribe:
Choerocampina
Genus:
Hippotion
Species:
Hippotion
scrofa
(Boisduval, 1832)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe executé par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandment de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique... Part 1. Lépidoptères
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Type data:
Type(s) Nouvelle-Hollande [Australia] [MNHN]. There is a specimen in CMNH that could be a syntype.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Hippotion by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 747 (key), 758.
Synonyms:
5
Media
Hippotion scrofa, male, upperside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, male, upperside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, male, underside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, male, underside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, female, upperside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
Hippotion scrofa, female, upperside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
Hippotion scrofa, female, underside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
Hippotion scrofa, female, underside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
Hippotion scrofa, male, upperside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, male, underside. Australia, Queensland
Hippotion scrofa, female, upperside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
Hippotion scrofa, female, underside. Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba
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
