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Taxonomy
Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856)
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: MacroglossinaGenus: Angonyx
Species:
Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Sphingidae 102
Type data:
HOLOTYPE [♂] “Unknown” (pres. by E. Doubleday) [NHMUK]. Boisduval, [1875], in: Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 282, erroneously stated Walker had given the type locality as "Ceylon" (which is the provenance of the second NHMUK specimen; see Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 550).
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Angonyx by Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2: 26.
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Synonyms: 5