Smerinthulus perversa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Smerinthulus
Species: Smerinthulus perversa
Subspecies: S. p. flavomaculatus – S. p. pallidus – S. p. perversa
Name

Smerinthulus perversa (Rothschild, 1895)

Type locality: India, Assam [Meghalaya], Khasia Hills [Khasi Hills]

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. (lectotype designated by Rothschild, 1919: 213)
Synonymy

Cypa perversa Rothschild, 1895 (original combination)
Smerinthulus perversa (Rothschild, 1895):

Smerinthulus perversa, the lichenous hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan, Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western and southern China and Thailand.

The wingspan is 62–90 mm. It is similar to Smerinthulus dohrni but there is a blackish shadowy postdiscal band on the hindwing upperside.
Subspecies

Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China and Thailand)[2]
Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 (Taiwan)[3]
Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 (southern China)[4]

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa perversa (Rothschild, 1895) -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa flavomaculatus Inoue, 1990 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus perversa pallidus Mell, 1922 -- Lichenous hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.