Cypoides chinensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

Cypoides chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cypoides
Species:
C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cypoides chinensis
Synonyms
  • Smerinthulus chinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Enpinanga transtriata Chu & Wang, 1980
  • Cypa formosana Wileman, 1910
  • Amorphulus chinensis fasciata (Mell, 1922)

Distribution

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It is known from southern China and Taiwan, south to mountainous northern Vietnam and north-eastern Thailand.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cypoides chinensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.