The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Author
Rafi, Muhammad Ather
Author
Sultan, Amir
Author
Kitching, Ian J.
Author
Pittaway, Anthony R.
Author
Markhasiov, Maxim
Author
Khan, Muhammad Rafique
Author
Naz, Falak
text
Zootaxa
2014
3794
3
393
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journal article
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Agrius convolvuli
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Plate 2, Fig. 24
Material examined.
PAKISTAN
, [Islamabad,]
27. viii. 2001
, Ather Rafi; as previous except
28. viii. 2001
; [
Azad Jammu and Kashmir,]
Pir Chinasi, Muzaffarabad,
24. v. 2009
, A. Zia; Rawalakot, 2004, M. Rafique Khan; [
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,]
Nathia Gali,
10. v. 2001
, Dr Azhar (
PMNH
); Dadar,
20. v. 2001
, Riaz (
PMNH
); Peshawar University,
6. v. 1972
, G. N. Cheema; [
Punjab,]
Wah Cantt,
18. v. 2010
, Anjum Shehzad; Sodhi, Noshehra,
17. vi. 2009
, Asad Ali; [
Sindh,]
Dhamraha, Larkana,
21. iii. 1959
, S. M. Din; Khairpur,
16. vii. 1958
, M. Sultan; Sakrand, Nawab Shah,
22. iii. 2007
, A. Zia; as previous except Amjad Bukhari; as previous except Ismail Bhatti; Malir, Karachi,
21. v. 1959
, Azim; Karachi,
30. ix. 1949
, T. H. Khan.
Remarks.
Reported in
Pakistan
from Murree, Islamabad, Sialkot, Lahore and Faisalabad by
Mehmood
et al
. (1996)
, and also from Shogran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Staven, 2001, unpublished data). This species has a wide distribution throughout the tropical and subtropical Old World, and regularly migrates into northern Europe and northern Asia (
Pittaway & Kitching, 2013
).