Checklist for Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
and region Mombasa (Coast Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 88
277
371 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 88
277
371 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 81
252
334 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 61
223
308 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 22
120
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 22
120
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 22
120
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
86
151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
86
151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 2
17
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 16
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mombasa
16 Genera with 22 Species | Acherontia Laspeyres, 1758 | Death's head Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Andriasa Walker, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atemnora Rothschild &..., 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Batocnema Rothschild &..., 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Centroctena Rothschild &..., 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Falcatula Carcasson, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hippotion Hübner, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Likoma Rothschild &..., 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microclanis Carcasson, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1857 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Poliana W. Rothschil..., 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poliodes Rothschild &..., 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychus Carcasson, 1935 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mombasa
22 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 | African death's head hawkmoth | | Andriasa contraria contraria Walker, 1856 | | | Atemnora westermanni Boisduval, 1875 | | | Batocnema africanus Distant, 1899 | Harlequin Hawk | | Centroctena imitans Butler, 1882 | Toothed Cream Stripe | | Falcatula falcata (Hayes, 1963) | ⇒ Falcatula falcatus Rothschild &..., 1903 | | Falcatula falcatus Rothschild &..., 1903 | Falcate Polyptychus | | Hippotion roseipennis Butler, 1882 | Small Striped Hawk | | Likoma crenata Rothschild &..., 1907 | | | Microclanis erlangeri Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Nephele argentifera Walker, 1856 | Silver Barred Nephele | | Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878 | Blotched Nephele | | Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857 | Comma Nephele | | Poliana wintgensi Strand, 1910 | Marbled Sphinx | | Poliodes roseicornis Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus afarissaque Darge, 2004 | | | Polyptychus grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus niloticus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935 | | | Pseudoclanis kenyae (Clark, 1928) | ⇒ Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | | Sphingonaepiopsis nana Walker, 1856 | Hawklet |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Mombasa
 | | Sphingidae (Latreille 1802) |
Links, sources and further information Sphingidae at artfakta.se
Sphingidae at dyntaxa.se
Sphingidae at gbif.org
Sphingidae at irmng.org
Sphingidae at itis.gov
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