Misplaced Pages

Smerinthulus perversa
Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Smerinthulus
Species:	S. perversa
Binomial name
Smerinthulus perversa (Rothschild, 1895)
Synonyms
Cypa perversa Rothschild, 1895 Smerinthulus doipuiensis Inoue, 1991

Smerinthulus perversa, the lichenous hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan, Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western and southern China and Thailand.

The wingspan is 62–90 mm.

Subspecies

• Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China and Thailand)
• Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 (Taiwan)
• Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 (southern China)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Rothschild, 1895) -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
4. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

This Smerinthini-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Smerinthulus
• Moths described in 1895
• Moths of Taiwan
• Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
• Smerinthini stubs