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
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.