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Taxonomy of Genus Cephonodes Hübner, 1819
Bee Hawk Moths, Bee Hawks


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
14
1019
18314
Families
Genera
Species
FamilySphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms
449
7314
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMacroglossinae
Harris, 1939
Hawk Moths
123
3590
Genera
Species
TribeDilophonotini
Burmeister, 1878
32
676
Genera
Species
SubtribeHemarina
Tutt, 1902
2
170
Genera
Species
GenusCephonodes
Hübner, 1819
Bee Hawk Moths, Bee Hawks
52Species
Subnodes of Cephonodes Hübner, 1819
SpeciesCephonodes apus Boisduval, 1833  ⇒ Cephonodes hylas
SpeciesCephonodes armatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes australis
SpeciesCephonodes austrosundanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Cephonodes janus
SpeciesCephonodes banksi B.P. Clark, 1923
2Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes bucklandii WS Macleay, 1826  ⇒ Cephonodes kingii
Gardenia Bee Hawk
SpeciesCephonodes confinis Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Cephonodes hylas
SpeciesCephonodes cunninghami Walker, 1856  ⇒ Cephonodes janus
SpeciesCephonodes cynniris Guérin, 1844
SpeciesCephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771
Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth, Coffee bee hawkmoth
6Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes infernalis Westwood, 1847
SpeciesCephonodes janus Miskin, 1891
3Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes kingi MacLeay, 1827
SpeciesCephonodes kingii Mcleay, 1826
Bee Hawk Moth, Gardenia Bee Hawk, Gardenia Hawk Moth
SpeciesCephonodes leucogaster Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesCephonodes lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesCephonodes luisae Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesCephonodes marianna Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesCephonodes melanogaster
SpeciesCephonodes novebudensis Clark, 1927
SpeciesCephonodes ottonis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesCephonodes picus Cramer, 1777  ⇒ Cephonodes hylas
SpeciesCephonodes rothschildi Rebel, 1907
SpeciesCephonodes rufescens Griveaud, 1960
SpeciesCephonodes santome Pierre, 2002
SpeciesCephonodes simplex Rothschild, 1894  ⇒ Cephonodes janus
SpeciesCephonodes tamsi Griveaud, 1960
SpeciesCephonodes titan Rothschild, 1899
SpeciesCephonodes trochilus Guérin-Méneville, 1843
SpeciesCephonodes unicolor Rothschild, 1896  ⇒ Cephonodes janus
SpeciesCephonodes virescens Wallengren, 1865  ⇒ Cephonodes hylas
1Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes woodfordi Butler, 1889
1Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes woodfordii Butler, 1889
2Subspecies
SpeciesCephonodes xanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesCephonodes yunx Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Cephonodes hylas

Synonyms
Cephanodes (Stephens, 1835)
Cephanodes; (Stephens, 1835)
Cephnodes (Dudgeon, 1898)
Cephnodes; (Dudgeon, 1898)
Potidaea (Wallengren, 1858)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Cephonodes
EnglishBee Hawk Moths, Bee Hawks


Distribution of Cephonodes Hübner, 1819
Algeria, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic South Africa, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Distribution on islands
Glorioso Islands


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