Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Burchalovskaia, Polina D. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 109-117 : 114

14. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material examined: TANZANIA, Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 24.iii-12.iv.2021, 3 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg.

Distribution. Widespread throughout Africa, Europe, Western, South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Australia ( Kitching 2022).

Remarks. First record from Zanzibar Island.

Figures

Figure 3. Examples of Macroglossinae species from Zanzibar Island (collection of RMBH): (A) Leucostrophus alterhirundo d'Abrera, 1987; (B) Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895); (C) T. fumosa (Walker, 1856); (D) T. marginata (Walker, 1856); (E) Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882); (F) H. celerio (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bar = 10 mm.