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

Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

DeilephilaLaspeyres, 1809accepted genus name
Chaerocampa auct. generic synonym
Choerocampa Duponchel, 1835 generic synonym
Cinogon Butler, 1881 generic synonym
Dilephila Hampson, 1893 generic synonym
Dilephila Kuznetsova, 1906 generic synonym
Dilophila Agassiz, 1846 generic synonym
Elpenor Agassiz, 1846 generic synonym
Metopsilus Duncan, 1836 generic synonym
Chaerocampa auct. misapplied name

Species group names

Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Children

Deilephila elpenor elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Dueurtsværmer sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Groot avondrood sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Elephant Hawk-moth sources: Charles Hussey
 Norwegian Bokmål: stor snabelsvermer
 Norwegian Nynorsk: stor snabelsvermar
 Swedish: större snabelsvärmare
 Welsh: gwalch-wyfyn helyglys

Genbank

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External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Ian Kitching. Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443736

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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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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