page_title: Centuria Insectorum
section_title: Lepidoptera
hierarchical_section_title: Centuria Insectorum / Contents / Species / Lepidoptera
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Manduca sexta - Dorsalansicht Sammlung des Mathematikers Laurent SchwartzEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Manduca sexta - Dorsal side Collection of the Mathematician Laurent SchwartzFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Manduca sexta - Face dorsale Collection du mathématicien Laurent Schwartz
context_page_description: Centuria Insectorum is a 1763 taxonomic work by Carl Linnaeus, and defended as a thesis by Boas Johansson; which of the two men should be credited with its authorship has been the subject of some controversy. It includes descriptions of 102 new insect and crustacean species that had been sent to Linnaeus from British America, Suriname, Java and other locations. Most of the new names included in Centuria Insectorum are still in use, although a few have been sunk into synonymy, and one was the result of a hoax: a common brimstone butterfly with spots painted on was described as the new "species" Papilio ecclipsis.
caption: Manduca sexta, named in Centuria Insectorum as Sphinx sexta
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