| Rhodambulyx davidi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Rhodambulyx |
| Species: | R. davidi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodambulyx davidi | |
Rhodambulyx davidi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the mountains of southern China, where it is found at altitudes between 1,200 and 2,300 meters. [2]
Xylophanes tersa, the tersa sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It is found from the United States, through Mexico, the West Indies and Central America and into parts of South America. An occasional stray can be found as far north as Canada.
Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Erinnyis lassauxii, or Lassaux's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Hemaris tityus, the narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae which is native to the Palearctic.
Hemaris fuciformis, known as the broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Marumba quercus, the oak hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Macroglossum glaucoptera, the dark hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from Sri Lanka, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia and the Philippines (Mindanao). Single specimen recorded from Papua New Guinea.
Akbesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Akbesia davidi, the pistacia hawkmoth, was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884. It is known from southern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Israel, western Jordan, south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Iraq, south-eastern Georgia, northern Iran, eastern Afghanistan and Iranian Beluchistan. It may also occur across Azerbaijan, the Alborz Mountains of northern Iran, the Zagros Mountains of western and southern Iran, and northern Afghanistan. It often occurs in large numbers at certain sites in rocky, hilly areas supporting scattered trees and shrubs of Quercus, Olea, Ceratonia and Pistacia.
Rhodambulyx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1939.
Dolbina elegans, the ash hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran.
Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.
Pseudoclanis occidentalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Kenya.
Macroglossum variegatum, the variegated hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Theretra capensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and open habitats from the Cape to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and East Africa.
Dahira obliquifascia, the black-striped dahira, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.
Hemaris affinis, the honeysuckle bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mongolia, the Russian Far East, northern, central and eastern China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.
Rhodambulyx hainanensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the mountains of Hainan Island in China, where it is found at altitudes of about 1,500 meters.
Rhodambulyx schnitzleri is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from western Yunnan in China and northern Thailand.
Marumba saishiuana is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Rudolf Emil Mell was a German zoologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially Sphingidae and the fauna of China. He was the director of the German-Chinese Middle School at Canton (Guangzhou) for some time. His collection of Sphingidae is held by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. It was purchased by Benjamin Preston Clark.
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