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Deilephila elpenor
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Large Elephant Hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875)
Choerocampa macromera Butler, 1875. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 7. Type locality: [Bangladesh] Silhet [Sylhet]; N. India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90418#page/37/mode/1up
Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan, NE India (Sikkim; Assam; Meghalaya), eastern Bangladesh, northern Burma/Myanmar.
Pittaway, A.R. and Kitching, I.J., 2000. Notes on selected species of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China, Mongolia and the Korean Peninsula. Tinea, 16(3), pp.170-211.
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_elp.htm. Mentions “Further study may show that there is simply a clinal change in colour in this species through Yunnan and that Deilephila elpenor macromera is not distinct.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_elpenor
http://en.sphingidae-museum.com/database/index.php?gen=Deilephila&spec=elpenor&subsp=
http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/863 for elpenor
http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/869 for rivularis
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 5, pg. 410 states that macromera has marginal area of hindwing bright rosy red, while it is cinnamon colored in rivularis. States that rivularis is found in E. & W. Himalayas while macromera is found in E. Himalayas only.
MON Part 1, Pl. 23/13. MON Part 5, pg. 41.
See also notes in Deilephila rivularis Identification section.
GI: Ok with the ID Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875)
Choerocampa macromera Butler, 1875. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 7. Type locality: [Bangladesh] Silhet [Sylhet]; N. India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90418#page/37/mode/1up
Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan, NE India (Sikkim; Assam; Meghalaya), eastern Bangladesh, northern Burma/Myanmar.
Pittaway, A.R. and Kitching, I.J., 2000. Notes on selected species of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China, Mongolia and the Korean Peninsula. Tinea, 16(3), pp.170-211.
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_elp.htm. Mentions “Further study may show that there is simply a clinal change in colour in this species through Yunnan and that Deilephila elpenor macromera is not distinct.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_elpenor
http://en.sphingidae-museum.com/database/index.php?gen=Deilephila&spec=elpenor&subsp=
http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/863 for elpenor
http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/869 for rivularis
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 5, pg. 410 states that macromera has marginal area of hindwing bright rosy red, while it is cinnamon colored in rivularis. States that rivularis is found in E. & W. Himalayas while macromera is found in E. Himalayas only.
MON Part 1, Pl. 23/13. MON Part 5, pg. 41.
See also notes in Deilephila rivularis Identification section.
GI: Ok with the ID Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)
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