Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: "Sphingonaepiopsis genus-group"

Genus: Sphingonaepiopsis

Species:

Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Sphingidae 107

Type data:

Syntypes 2 [South Africa: Natal,] Port Natal [Durban] (ex coll. Gueinzius) [BMNH].

Taxonomic Notes:

A Boisduval manuscript name made available by Walker, nana was first published as the nomina nuda combination ‡Lophura ‡nanum by Boisduval, 1847, in: Delegorgue, Voyage Afrique australe 2: 594. Transferred (as ‡nanum) to Sphingonaepiopsis by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 591 (key), 592. The spelling error was corrected by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 935.