Checklist of Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
for Matabeleland North (North Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 82
346
563 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 82
346
563 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 77
337
549 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 65
324
537 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
121
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
121
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
121
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
93
117 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
91
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
17
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 8
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Matabeleland North
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Matabeleland North
10 Species and 3 Subspecies | Afrosphinx amabilis Jordan, 1911 | Scarce Polyptychus | | Basiothia medea Fabricius, 1781 | Small Verdant Hawk | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Neoclanis virgo Westwood, 1881 | | | Neopolyptychus compar compar Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus convexus Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Platysphinx piabilis Distant, 1897 | Measly Hawk | | Platysphinx piabillis Distant, 1897 | | | Polypytychopsis marshalli auriguttatus Gehlen, 1934 | | | Rufoclanis numosae subjectus Walker, 1869 | |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Matabeleland North
 | | Sphingidae (Latreille 1802) |
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