Sphinx gordius Stoll, 1781 [Invalid]

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Sphinx gordius Stoll, 1781

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Unacceptability Reason:

homonym & junior synonym

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Type data:

Type(s) [South Africa: Western Cape,] Cape of Good Hope [????].

Taxonomic Notes:

Synonymized with Chaerocampa celaeno by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 558.

Nomenclature notes:

A junior primary homonym of Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1779. The new substitute name is Xylophanes gortys Hübner, 1819.