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Taxonomy
Cephonodes kingii (Macleay, W.S., 1826)
Nomenclature
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Tribe: HemariniGenus: Cephonodes
Species:
Cephonodes kingii (Macleay, W.S., 1826)
Usage:
valid
Type data:
Type(s) Australia [Types lost or destroyed; Waterhouse, 1937, Rep. Aust. N.Z. Ass. Advmt Sci. 23: 104].
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Hemaris hylas by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 522. Reinstated as a species by Maassen, 1880, Stett. ent. Ztg 41: 52. Transferred to Cephonodes by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 627. Resynonymized with Cephonodes hylas by Hampson, 1893, Fauna Brit. India 1: 120. Reinstated (as ‡kingi) as a species by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 462 (key), 463.
Nomenclature notes:
A De Cerisy manuscript name made available by W.S. Macleay.
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Synonyms: 2