''Cypa uniformis'' is a species of
moth
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of the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...
. It is known from
China,
north-western
India
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and
Borneo
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.
Subspecies
*''Cypa uniformis uniformis'' (China)
*''Cypa uniformis attenuata''
Inoue, 1991 (Borneo)
*''Cypa uniformis pallens''
Jordan, 1926 (north-western India)
References
Cypa
Moths described in 1922
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