Temnora pylades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Macroglossina
Genus: Temnora
Species: Temnora pylades
Subspecies: T. p. morotoensis – T. p. pylades – T. p. stevensoni – T. p. tanganyikae

Name

Temnora pylades Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal.

Holotype: BMNH male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologae 9 (Suppl.): 1–972. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clark, B.P. 1926. Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon some other species. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 45–59. Reference page. 
• Clark, B.P. 1928a. Sundry notes on Sphingidae and descriptions of ten new species. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 10: 33–46. Reference page. 
• Melichar, T., Řezáč, M. & Ilčiková, A. 2016b. Descriptions of three new taxa in the Temnora pylas (Cramer, 1779) species group (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), with notes on several other taxa. The European Entomologist 8(3): 105–131. Reference page.