Deilephila porcellus

Small elephant hawk-moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Deilephila
Species:	D. porcellus
Binomial name
	Deilephila porcellus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Sphinx porcellus Linnaeus, 1758; Theretra porcellus clara Tutt, 1904; Pergesa porcellus wesloeensis Knoch, 1929; Pergesa porcellus sus O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Pergesa porcellus sinkiangensis Chu & Wang, 1980; Pergesa porcellus rosea Zerny, 1933; Pergesa porcellus porca O. Bang-Haas, 1927; Pergesa porcellus kuruschi O. Bang-Haas, 1938; Pergesa porcellus flavocincta Wize, 1917; Pergesa porcellus cingulata O. Bang-Haas, 1934; Metopsilus porcellus galbana Gillmer, 1910; Metopsilus porcellus colossus A. Bang-Haas, 1906; Eumorpha porcellus gissarodarvasica Shchetkin, 1981; Deilephila porcellus warneckei Capuse, 1963; Deilephila porcellus suellus Staudinger, 1878; Deilephila porcellus songoricus Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996; Deilephila porcellus sibirica Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1997; Deilephila porcellus kashgoulii Ebert, 1976; Deilephila porcellus decolor Cockayne, 1953; Choerocampa porcellus lutescens Cockerell, 1887;

Deilephila porcellus, the small elephant hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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