Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Smerinthinae → tribe Smerinthini → genus Marumba → species Marumba sperchius

Species name(s)

Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857) = Smerinthus sperchius Ménétriés, 1857 = albicans (Butler, 1875) = gigas (Butler, 1875) = piceipennis (Butler, 1877) = michaelis (Oberthür, 1886) = scotti Rothschild, 1920 = handelii Mell, 1922 = ochraceus O. Bang-Haas, 1927 = ussuriensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927 = horiana Clark, 1937 = castanea O. Bang-Haas, 1938 = coreanus O. Bang-Haas, 1938 = obsoleta O. Bang-Haas, 1938 = koreaesperchius Bryk, 1946 = Marumba sperchius sperchius. [3, 9]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Russia regions

#37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Seaside. [3].

Subspecies of Marumba sperchius

Marumba sperchius albicans Butler, 1875. [187]
M. s. coreanus Bang-Haas, 1938. [187]
M. s. gigas Butler, 1875. [187]
M. s. handelii Mell, 1922. [187]
M. s. horiana Clark, 1937. [187]
M. s. koreaesperchius Bryk, 1946. [187]
M. s. sumatranus Clark, 1923. [9]
M. s. ussuriensis Bang-Haas, 1927. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org