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Taxonomy
Cypa ferruginea Walker, 1865
Nomenclature
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Tribe: "Cypa genus-group"Genus: Cypa
Species:
Cypa ferruginea Walker, 1865
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Supplement 41
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♀ Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (coll. Stevens) [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Cypa decolor as a subspecies by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 298. Reinstated as a species by Jordan, 1931, Novit. zool. 36: 237. Erroneously treated as a subspecies of Cypa decolor by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 86. Reinstated as a species by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 42.