Species name

Deilephila elpenor elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) ベニスズメ, Cat.3057

Taxonomy  
Geographical range Throughout Europe (with the exception of northern Scandinavia, northern Scotland and parts of the Iberian Peninsula), eastward through temperate Russia north of the Kyrgyz Steppe to the Pacific coast, Korea and Japan; then south through China as far as Sichuan and Guangdong . In the south, recorded from Turkey, then east through the Caucasus, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, to southeastern Kazakhstan . Afghanistan
ヨーロッパからシベリアにかけて原名亜種が分布し, インド北部やシッキムには別亜種を産する. 亜種 lewisii (Butler) は北海道, 本州, 四国, 九州, 沖縄本島, 宮古島, 朝鮮, 中国, 千島列島に分布する. 全国的な普通種.
Distribution map
Biology 幼虫はオオマツヨイグサ, ツキミソウ, ヤナギランその他(アカバナ科), ツリフネソウ, ホウセンカ (ホウセンカ科), ミソハギ(ミソハギ科), カワラマツバなど (アカネ科) その他につく.
Flying season 蛹越冬.
Japan
Kyushu
Kumamoto
China Yunnan
China
Hubei
Japan
Japan
Japan
Male Genitalia
References Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearcticby A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching