Cypoides chinensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

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Nomenclature

Tribe: "Cypa genus-group"

Genus: Cypoides

Species:

Cypoides chinensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae 299 (key), 301

Type data:

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 299 (key), 301. (Smerinthulus) HOLOTYPE ♂ China: [Fujian, Qingliu County,] Léou-Pang «Léou Fang» [Liufang] ([X.] Mouton) (ex coll. Oberthür) [CMNH].

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Amorphulus by Mell, 1922, Beitr. Fauna Sinica 2: (Biol. und Syst. südchin. Sphingiden): 173. Transferred to Smerinthulus by Seitz, 1928, in Seitz (ed.), Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 542; to Sphingulus by Matsumura, 1931, 6000 Illustrated Insects Japan-Empire: 616; then back to Cypoides by Inoue, 1990, Tinea 12: 253.