Lophostethus

Lophostethus Butler, 1876

Lophostethus Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 585; TS: Sphinx demolinii[sic, dumolinii] Angas
Euclea Boisduval, [1875]

Lophostethus; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Lophostethus (Smerinthini); [HMW], 16

Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa, Uganda, Congo, W.AFrica, Rhodesia, Nyasaland. See [maps] Prisoner Sphinx Arrow Sphinx

Sphinx dumolinii Angas, 1849; Kafirs Illustr.: pl. 30, f. 11; TL: Natal
?Smerinthus dumolini Walker, 1856

Lophostethus dumolinii dumolinii; [AfroMoths]
Lophostethus dumolinii riedeli; [AfroMoths]
Lophostethus dumolinii tamarae; [AfroMoths]
Lophostethus dumolinii; [HMW]; [HMCSA]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [AFM]

1477x1224 (~312Kb) Ethiopia, Oromia, Debre Zeyit, Lake Bishoftu bank. 9th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1188x966 (~463Kb) Ethiopia, Oromia, Debre Zeyit, Lake Bishoftu bank. 9th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. d. carteri Rothschild, 1894 W.Africa

Lophostethus carteri Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1): 97; TL: Lagos, West Africa

Lophostethus dumolinii carteri; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL]

L. d. congoicum Clark, 1937

Lophostethus dumolinii congoicum; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL]

Lophostethus negus Jordan, 1926

Lophostethus negus Jordan, 1926; Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 380

Lophostethus negus; [HMW], pl. f. 8; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [AFM]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Angas, 1849
The Kaffirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amapanda, and Amakosa Tribes; also Portraits of the Hotentot, Malay, Fingo and other Races Inhabiting South Africa Kafirs Illustr.: [52pp]
Butler, 1876
Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 511-644, pl. 90-94
Jordan, 1926
On some Old World Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 33 (3): 379-384
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
[HMCSA]; Pinhey, 1962
Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
Rothschild, 1894
Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7

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