Notes on the taxonomy of the genus Praedora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Sphinginane, Sphingini), with descriptions of five new subspecies

Abstract

The genus Praedora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 is reviewed and fve new subspecies are described: Praedora marshalli trevisanae ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata kitonga ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata bilineata ssp. nov., Praedora plagiata iringensis ssp. nov. and Praedora tropicalis dolnyi ssp. nov. In addition, Praedora marshalli australis Clark, 1930 stat. rev. is reinstated as a valid subspecies from synonymy with Praedora marshalli.

Keywords

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Tanzania
• Uganda