List of moths of India (Sphingidae)

List of moths of India (Sphingidae)

This article is a list of the moths of Family Sphingidae which are found in India. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India. The list is presently under development. Detailed notes are given in wikitext.

ubfamily Smerinthinae

ubfamily Sphinginae

ubfamily Macroglossinae

Genus "Macroglossum" Scopoli, 1777

* "Macroglossum affictitia" Butler, 1875 ( = "M. vialis" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum aquila" Boisduval, 1875 ( = "M. interrupta" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum assimilis" Swainson, 1821 ( = "M. belia" Hampson, [1893] ; "bengalensis" Boisduval, [1875] ; "gilia" Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum avicula" Boisduval, [1875] note: Kitching & Cadiou (2000) note this species is probably not Indian, as it is found in Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines
* "Macroglossum belis" (Linnaeus, 1758)
* "Macroglossum bombylans" Boisduval, [1875] ( = "M. walkeri" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum corythus" Walker, 1856 ( = "M. proxima" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum faro" (Cramer, 1780)
* "Macroglossum glaucoptera" Butler, 1875 ( = "M. lepcha" Butler, 1876 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum gyrans" Walker, 1856
* "Macroglossum heliophila" Boisduval, 1875 ( = "M. divergens" Walker, 1856 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892; this is the Sri Lankan subspecies of "M. heliophila" (see Kitching & Cadiou, 2000))
* "Macroglossum hemichroma" Butler, 1875
* "Macroglossum insipida" Butler 1875
* "Macroglossum mitchellii" Boisduval, [1875]
** "Macroglossum mitchellii imperator" Butler, 1875 ( = "M. imperator" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum passalus" (Drury, 1773) ( = "M. rectifascia" R. Felder, [1874] "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
* "Macroglossum regulus" Boisduval, 1875 ( = "M. fervens" Butler, 1875 "sensu" Hamspon, 1892)
*"Macroglossum semifasciata" Hampson, 1892 [1893]
*"Macroglossum sitiene" Walker, 1856
* "Macroglossum stellatarum" (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hummingbird Hawk-moth)

References

* et al. (1892-1937) Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma - Moths. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)
* (2000) Hawkmoths of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist. Cornell University Press. viii + 227 pp., 8 plates.
*. Website on [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/intro.html Lepidoptera and some other life forms] - Page on [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/index.html Family Sphingidae] (Accessed on 08 Jul 2007).

ee also

*Sphingidae
*Moths
*Lepidoptera
*List of moths of India

External links

* [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/china.htm Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic]
* [http://www.sphin-sea.unibas.ch/ The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia]
* [http://www.thaibugs.com/hawks.htm Thai moths - Sphingidae]


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