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Hawk moths of Russia, questions of taxonomy

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Pavel Smirnov, 24.04.2010 13:33

A few theoretical questions for specialists on several species of hawk moth noted in Russia (according to the Sineva catalog)...
1) Hemaris alternata (Butler, 1874) - is it a synonym for affinis or is it an independent species? If the latter, how do they differ?
2) Hemaris soldaitisi (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998) - chtoita in general? What is known about this species?
3) Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892) - did they catch it here?

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18.06.2010 14:24, Pavel Smirnov

Doesn't anyone know? =(

23.06.2010 22:56, chuvilin

Using the paper" Die Schwarmer der westlichen Palaearktis " by Fritz Danner, Ulf Eitschberger & Bernhard Surholt from 1998, we can say that:
1) H. alternata (Butler, 1874) is an independent species, distinguished by longer sharp rays (inside the translucent areas between the veins) that run from the outer dark edge of the forewing to the base. In affinis, they are still either not detected,or very short.
2) H. saldaitisi (E. D. & S, 1998) a new species with the type locality Zentral-Tuva, Shurmak river, small, with a thin marginal pattern.

24.06.2010 0:13, Grigory Grigoryev

I have in my collection one male H. alternata Butler, 1874 with exactly the same label as for the butterfly from the aforementioned book (Tafel. 13, Abb. 13):

Primorye, Ussuriysky district, village Zarechye, 17.08.1995, leg. Chervonenko I.
Photo attached.
The wing pattern is as close as possible to H. radians Walker, 1856 (not counting the color of the basal spot on the top of the hind wings, which is yellow-orange in H. radians)

Pictures:
picture: Hemaris_alternata.jpg
Hemaris_alternata.jpg — (350.22к)

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08.02.2012 13:02, Nikolos

How will these hawk moth be written in Russian:
Macroglossum saga, Acherontia lachesis, Mimas christophi, Marumba sperchius, Proserpinus flavofasc, Deilephila askoldensis

08.02.2012 13:31, Pavel Morozov

How will these hawk moth be written in Russian:
Macroglossum saga, Acherontia lachesis, Mimas christophi, Marumba sperchius, Proserpinus flavofasc, Deilephila askoldensis

macroglossum zaga, acherontia lachesis, mimas christofi, marumba sperchius, proserpinus WHAT, EXCUSE ME? WHAT proserpine? We don't have any, like, just proserpine. deilephila askoldensis. smile.gif
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