Rhadinopasa

Rhadinopasa
	Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Smerinthini
Genus:	Rhadinopasa ; Karsch, 1891
Species:	R. hornimani
Binomial name
	Rhadinopasa hornimani; (H. Druce, 1880)
Synonyms
	Basiana hornimaniH. Druce, 1880; Rhadinopasa udeiKarsch, 1891;

Last updated December 17, 2025

Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.^[2]

Species

Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
Rhadinopasa hornimani tanganyikaeClark, 1938 (Tanzania)

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Mackey, A. P. (1978). "The Biogeographic Relationships of the New Guinea Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 16 (4): 361–365. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00119.x . ISSN 1326-6756.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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