Marumba dyras

Marumba dyras
Marumba dyras dyras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species: M. dyras
Binomial name
Marumba dyras
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus dryas Walker, 1856
  • Marumba dryas Boisduval, 1875
  • Triptogon andamana Moore, 1877
  • Triptogon ceylanica Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon fuscescens Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon massuriensis Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon oriens Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon silhetensis Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon sinensis Butler, 1875
  • Smerinthus horsfieldi Moore, 1858
  • Smerinthus parallelis Moore, 1858
  • Marumba dyras ceylonica Kernbach, 1960
  • Marumba dyras handeliioides Mell, 1937
  • Marumba dyras plana Clark, 1923
  • Marumba dyras tonkinensis Clark, 1936
  • Marumba dyras digitata Dupont, 1941
  • Marumba dyras disjuncta Dupont, 1941
  • Marumba dyras sumatrana Gehlen, 1940
  • Triptogon dyras javanica Butler, 1875

Marumba dyras is a species of hawk moth. It is found in south-east Asia.

From the Western Ghats

The wingspan is 90–125 mm.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees.

Subspecies

  • Marumba dyras dyras (from northwestern India and Sri Lanka, east through Nepal, Myanmar, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and Taiwan)[2]
  • Marumba dyras javanica (Butler, 1875) (Java, Sumatra)
  • Marumba dyras tenimberi Clark, 1935 (Tenimber Island)

References