iNSeCTiaRa: Hippotion celerio

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 – eukaryotes, organisms whose cells contain complex structures enclosed within membranes.

Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 – animals, a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.

Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 – arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages

Subphylum: Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 – hexapods, arthropods having a consolidated thorax with three pairs of legs.

Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 – insects, hexapods having a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.

Subclass: Pterygota Lang, 1888 – winged insects, includes insect orders that are secondarily wingless (that is, insect groups whose ancestors once had wings but that have lost them as a result of subsequent evolution).

Infraclass: Neoptera Wulp, 1890 – winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens.

Superorder: Endopterygota Sharp, 1898 – also known as Holometabola, are insects which go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. They undergo a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour. This is called holometabolism, or complete metamorphism.

Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – moths and butterflies

Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 – It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives. Their larvae exhibit horns.

Family: Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 – commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms.

Subfamily: Macroglossinae Harris, 1839 – it is divided into three tribes: Dilophonotini, Macroglossini and Philampelini.

Tribe: Macroglossini Harris, 1839

Genus: Hippotion Hübner, 1819

Species: Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Silver-striped Hawk-Moth, Vine Hawk-Moth

Synonyms: Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758 – Sphinx tisiphone Linnaeus, 1758 – Phalaena inquilinus Harris, 1780 – Elpenor phoenix Oken, 1815 – Deilephila albolineata Montrousier, 1864 – Hippotion ocys Hübner, 1819 – Hippotion celerio unicolor Tutt, 1904 – Hippotion celerio sieberti (Closs, 1910) – Hippotion celerio rosea (Closs, 1911) – Hippotion celerio pallida Tutt, 1904 – Hippotion celerio luecki Closs, 1912 – Hippotion celerio brunnea Tutt, 1904 – Deilephila celerio augustii (Trimoulet, 1858)

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