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Taxonomy
Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856)
Nomenclature
Species:
Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Sphingidae 209
Type data:
SYNTYPES 6 [Bangladesh:] Silhet [Sylhet] (1 pres. E. Doubleday; 3 ex coll. Sowerby; 1 ex coll. J. Stainforth; 1 pres. J.C. Dale) [NHMUK]. Four syntypes have been traced in NHMUK; the male presented by E. Doubleday has been labelled as manuscript lectotype in NHMUK (M.R. Honey, pers. comm.).
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Meganoton by Boisduval, 1875, in: Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 59.
Nomenclature notes:
A Boisduval manuscript name made available by Walker.
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Synonyms: 2