Checklist of Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
for Chagos Archipelago (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 67
227
412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 67
227
412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 66
226
411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
184
361 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 22
83
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 21
82
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 21
82
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
43
59 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
37
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
6
9 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Chagos Archipelago
6 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Chagos Archipelago
9 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acherontia lachesis Fabricius, 1798 | Bee robber | | Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Cephonodes picus (Cramer, 1777) | ⇒ Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | | Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | Dark striated hawkmoth | | Macroglossum adustum Rothschild &..., 1916 | | | Macroglossum corythus Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum corythus oceanicum Rothschild &..., 1915 | | | Megacorma obliqua remota Jordan, 1924 | |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Chagos Archipelago
 | | Sphingidae (Latreille 1802) |
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