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1. Live pictures
1.1. Imago
1.2. Raupe
2. Diagnosis
2.1. Original description, figure indicated therein, and text to the figure
3. Further information
3.1. Other combinations
- Sphinx hypothous Cramer & Stoll, [1780] [original combination]
3.2. Subspecies
- Daphnis hypothous moorei (Macleay, 1866) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
3.3. Distribution
The species was described from the island of Ambon in Indonesia.
There is one single specimen found in Scotland. Agassiz et al. (2013: 120) told us: "One Pertshire, 1873: (Clancy et al., 2012: 590). Asiatic."
A.R. Pittaway [Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic: tripod.com (december 18th 2021)] wrote: "Occurs in the western Palaearctic region as a rare vagrant. However, the frequency is not known because of its confusion with Daphnis nerii. During the last hundred years a number have been discovered within the Middle East; one was even found in Scotland late last century but was probably imported as a pupa with cargo."
3.4. Year of publication of the original description
According to Hemming (1958: 42), volume 3 of „De uitlandsche kapellen“ has the following publication years and authorships
- 1-104, pl. CXCIII-CCLII Cramer [1779]
- 105-176, pl. CCLIII-CCLXXXVIII Cramer & Stoll [1780] (“Written by Cramer and published after his death by Caspar Stoll”)
(Author: Jürgen Rodeland)
3.5. Literature
- Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & R.J. Heckford (2013): Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. Royal Entomological Society. 206pp.
- Original description: Cramer, P. („1782“) [1779-1780]: De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America 3: 1-176, pl. CICIII-CCLXXXVIII. Amsteldam (S. J. Baalde), Utrecht (Barthelemy Wild).
- Hemming, F. (1958): Opinion 516. — Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19 (1): 1-44. London.
