1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

1: Kenya, Nairobi, 1600 m, at light, 17. Februar 2019 (fot.: Albert Meek), det. Egberg FriedrichForum

2: Kap Verde, São Vicente, 640 m, 3. November 2019 (fot.: Frank Nowotne), det. Benjamin StephanForum

2. Diagnose

1: Spannweite 60 mm, Oman, Dhofar, Ayn Hamran, 17° 06' 00,0" N, 54° 17' 03,1" E, 104 m, 3. Oktober 2012, leg. M. Borer (Foto: Martin Albrecht), det. Egbert Friedrich & Daniel BartschForum

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1-4: Drury (1773: 8-9, Index to the Second Volume, pl. V fig. 2) [nach Copyright-freien Scans auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Phal[aena]. Noct[ua]. speciosa Drury, 1773 [Originalkombination]
• Aganais speciosa (Drury, 1773)

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Drury, D. (1773): Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection, On Fifty Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections of the Nature and Properties of many of them. Vol. II: i-vii, 1-90, pl. I-L, Index to the First Volume, Errata and Addenda to the First Volume [not paginated], Index to the Second Volume, Errata and Addenda to the Second Volume [not paginated]. London.
• Hemming, F. (1957): Opinion 474. Determination of the dates to be assigned for the purposes of the Law of Priority to the names published in Dru Drury's Illustrations of Natural History in the period 1770-1782. — Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16 (16): 297-306.