Theretra nessus

Theretra nessus, ♀

Theretra nessus, ♂

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: Choerocampina
Genus: Theretra
Species: Theretra nessus
Subspecies: T. n. albata – T. n. nessus

Name

Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773)

Type locality: "Madras" [Drury 1773, i.e. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]

Holotype: MMUS

Synonyms

• Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773
  • Type locality: "Madras" [Drury 1773, i.e. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India]
• Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793
  • Type locality: India Orientalis
• Chaerocampa nessus rubicundus (Schaufuss, 1870)
  • Type locality: "Java" [Indonesia, Java Island]

References

Primary references

• Drury, D. 1773. Illust. exot. Insects 2: index [91], pl. 76: 1
• Moore, F. 1882. Section Heterocera. Family Sphingidæ. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 2: 22 [Regarding Sphinx nessus being transferred to Theretra.]
• Fukuda, H. 2003. A new subspecies of Theretra nessus (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae) from Fiji. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 54(2): 116–119. DOI: 10.18984/lepid.54.2_116 Reference page.