Volume 1

A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. cotes and C. Swinhoe.

Date:
1887
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Credit: A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. cotes and C. Swinhoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    83. CHJEKOCAMP A ALECTO. Sphinx alecto, Linn., Syst. Nat., Tom. I, pt. V, p. 2384, No. 20, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii, p. 48, pi. 27, fig. 4, (1773). Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii, p. 62, pi. 137, fig. D, (1777). Isoples alecto, Hiibner, Verz. Bek. Schmett. p. 135, No. 1453, (1816). Sphinx cretica, Boisd., Ann. Soe. Linn. Paris, vi, p. 118, pi. 6, fig. 5, (1827).* Deilephila alecto, Boisd., Ind. Moth. p. 46, No. 376, (1829).* Cliccrocampa alecto, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 130, No. 3, (1856). ■ Aurivillius, Kongl. Sv. Yet. Akad. Handl., vol. 19, p. 138, No. 175, (1882). Chcerocampa cretica, Roberts and Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 411, pi. 39, fig. 8, larva. Swinkoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 346. Recorded from Turkey, N. India, Sylliet, and Bombay. In Indian Museum are specimens from Sikkim, Calcutta, Rani- gauj, Sibsagar, Buxa, and Karachi. In Collection, Swinkoe, from Kasauli, Darjiling, Mkow, Poona, Bombay. 84-. Chairocampa elegans. Chcerocampa elegans, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond. 1875, p. 8. pi. 2, fig. 1. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 556, (1876). Recorded from Java and Sylhet. Type is in the British Museum. Closely allied to C. Theylia. 85. Chcerocampa thevlia. Sphinx theylia, Linn., Syst. Nat. 12, 803, 24, (1767). Sphinx thyelia (sic), Fabr, Sp. Ins. ii, 153, 60, (1781). Sphinx boerhavice, Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, 148, 39, (1781). Sphinx pinto, Fabr., Sp. Ins. ii, 148, 40, (1781). Sphinx pinastrina, Martyn, Psyche, pi. 30, fig. 85, (1797).* Sphinx octopunctata, Qmel., Syst. Nat. i, 5, 2386.* Isoples Theylia, Hiibn., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 135, 1455, (1816). Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 19, pi. 84, fig. 5, (1882). Chcerocampa eson (part). Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 137, No. 17, (1856). Chcerocampa thyelia (sic), Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Comp, i, p. 276, No 638 (1857). ■ Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 288, No. 13. Chcerocampa theylia, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 556, No. 13, (1876). Forsayetk, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1884, p. 388, pi. 15, larva. Recorded from India, Ceylon, China, Java, and Sarawak. In Indian Museum are specimens from Calcutta, N.-E. Frontier, Ceylon, and Java. In Collection, Swinhoe, from Deesa, Bombay, Mhow, Sikkim, Poona, Simla, Karachi, Ceylon. 86. Chahrocampa rafflesii. Chcerocampa rafflesii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 556, (1876). Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 289. Isoples rajjlesii, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 19, pi. 84, fig. 3, (1882). Sphinx theylia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii, i, p. 58, pi. 226, fig. F, (1779). Recorded from Bombay, Kanara, Ceylon, Madras, and Java. Type is in the British Museum.
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