Checklist for Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
and region Pemba Island (Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 25
38
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 25
38
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 24
36
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 18
30
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 10
19
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 10
19
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 10
19
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 9
18
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
18
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
9
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 7
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Pemba Island
7 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Pemba Island
12 Species and 2 Subspecies | Atemnora westermanni Boisduval, 1875 | | | Atemnora westermannii Boisduval, 1875 | Westermann´s Humming Bird | | Nephele peneus Cramer, 1776 | Three Spotte Nephele | | Nephele rosae illustris Jordan, 1920 | | | Pantophaea favillacea Walker, 1866 | Fine Streaked Hawk | | Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus corydoni | | | Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild &..., 1903 | Coryndon´s Polyptychus | | Polyptychus grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus obtusus Darge, 2004 | | | Pseudoclanis kenyae (Clark, 1928) | ⇒ Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | | Xanthopan morganii morganii Walker, 1856 | |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Pemba Island
 | | 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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