Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Bombycoidea > Family Sphingidae > Subfamily Macroglossinae > Tribe Macroglossini > Subtribe Choerocampina > Genus Theretra

Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TheretraHübner, 1819accepted genus name
Florina Tutt, 1903 generic synonym
Gnathostypsis Wallengren, 1858 generic synonym
Hathia Moore, 1882 generic synonym
Oreus Hübner, 1819 generic synonym

Species group names

Sphinx alecto Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Theretra cretica Boisduval, 1827 subjective synonym
Theretra freyeri Kirby, 1892 subjective synonym
Theretra intermissa Gehlen, 1941 subjective synonym
Theretra transcaspica O. Bang-Haas, 1927 subjective synonym

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Ian Kitching. Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443710

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Occurrence

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Last modified

2011-01-26 by & van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole & by Dr Ian Kitching

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