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The Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Willem Hogenes
Listed Papua species: 80 (5 endemic for Papua)
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Sphinginae
Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809
lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)
Agrius Hübner, [1819]
convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
luctifera (Walker, [1865])
Megacorma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
obliqua (Walker, 1856)
ssp. obliqua (Walker, 1856)Meganoton Boisduval, [1875]
rubescens (Butler, [1876])
ssp. severina (Miskin, 1891)
hyloicoides Rothschild, 1910Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
papuensis Brechlin, 2001
fasciata Closs, 1916 (infraspecific)
mastrigti Eitschberger, 2001kitchingi Brechlin & Lachlan, 2001
wernerwolfi Eitschberger, 2001menephron (Cramer, 1780)
ssp. nebulosa Butler, 1876
anne Eitschberger, 2001
Smerinthinae
Ambulyx Westwood, 1847
wildei Miskin, 1891
phalaris (Jordan, 1919)
ssp. phalaris (Jordan, 1919)jordani (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
dohertyi Rothschild, 1894
Cypa Walker, [1865]
decolor (Walker, 1856)
ssp. euroa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903moniensis Kitching, 2013 [endemic]
Macroglossinae
Tribus Dilophonotini
Cephonodes Hübner, [1819]
woodfordii Butler, 1889
rothschildi Rebel, 1907
picus (Cramer, 1777)
cunninghami Walker, 1856Hemaris Dalman, 1816
venata (Felder, 1861)
Tribus Macroglossini
Gnathothlibus Wallengren, 1858
erotus (Cramer, 1777)
ssp. eras (Boisduval, 1832)
meeki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)heliodes (Meyrick, 1889)
Daphnis Hübner, [1819]
dohertyi Rothschild, 1897
ssp. dohertyi Rothschild, 1897moorei (MacLeay, 1866)
pallescens Butler, 1875
gigantea Röber, 1921protrudens Felder, [1874]
ssp. protrudens Felder, [1874]placida (Walker, 1856)
ssp. placida (Walker, 1856)Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875]
anceus (Stoll, 1781)
ssp. anceus (Stoll, 1781)
miskinoides Vaglia & Haxaire, 2007Eupanacra Cadiou & Holloway, 1989
micholitzi (Rothschild & Jordan, 1893)
hollandiae (Clark, 1931)pulchella (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
splendens (Rothschild, 1894)
ssp. splendens (Rothschild, 1894)Angonyx Boisduval, [1875]
excellens (Rothschild, 1911)
boisduvali Rothschild, 1894
papuana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
testacea (Walker, 1856)
Eurypteryx Felder, [1874]
molucca R. Felder, [1874]
falcata Gehlen, 1922
Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777
backi Eitschberger, 2009 [endemic]
caldum Jordan, 1926
ssp. caldum Jordan, 1926alcedo Boisduval, 1832
stigma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903melas Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
ssp. pullius Jordan, 1930
mediovitta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903dohertyi Rothschild, 1894
ssp. doddi Clark, 1922hirundo Boisduval, 1832
ssp. errans Walker, 1856stevensi Clark, 1935
lineatum Lucas, 1891 [stat. nov.]papuanum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 [stat. nov.]
nubilum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
glaucoptera Butler, 1875
vidua Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
adustum Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
corythus Walker, 1856
ssp. pylene Felder, 1861augarra Rothschild, 1904
meeki Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
spilonotum Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
micacea Walker, 1856
ssp. micacea Walker, 1856albolineata Clark, 1935 [endemic]
tenebrosa Lucas, 1891
moecki Rütimeyer, 1969 [endemic]
Hippotion Hübner, [1819]
velox (Fabricius, 1793)
celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
echeclus (Boisduval, [1875])
boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)
brennus (Stoll, 1782)
joiceyi Clark, 1922 [endemic]
brunneus (Semper, 1896)
Theretra Hübner, [1819]
nessus (Drury, 1773)
polistratus Rothschild, 1904
insularis (Swinhoe, 1892)
ssp. insularis (Swinhoe, 1892)
radiosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1916celata (Butler, 1877)
indistincta (Butler, 1877)
ssp. papuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921tabubilensis Lachlan, 2009
latreillii (MacLeay, 1826)
ssp. latreillii (MacLeay, 1826)
latreillei sensu auct. (misspelling)
tryoni (Miskin, 1891)oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. lewini (Thon, 1828)
firmata Walker, 1856
silhetensis (Walker, 1856)
ssp. intersecta (Butler, [1876])alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cechenena Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
helops (Walker, 1856)
ssp. papuana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
last update on 4th April 2013
Literature
Brechlin, R. & I.J. Kitching, 2010. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 3(3): 66-74.
Kitching, I.J. & J.M. Cadiou, 2000. Hawkmoths of the world. An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). 226 pp. The Natural History Museum, London.
Eitschberger, U., 2001a. Neubeschreibungen von Arten in der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten Suppl. 1: 3-63.
Eitschberger, U., 2001b. Revision der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 mit der Beschreibung weiterer neuer Arten (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 52: 1-174.
Eitschberger, U., 2004. Weitere Studien an der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 57: 3-134.
Eitschberger, U., 2009. Macroglossum backi spec. nov., eine neue Schwärmerart aus Neuguinea (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63: 153-156.
Eitschberger, U. & T. Melichar, 2009. 2. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Angonyx Boisduval, [1875] mit der Beschreibung von zwei neuen Arten. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 63: 119-152.
Kitching, I.J., 2013. A new species of Cypa from New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae). SUGAPA 7(3): 85-91.
