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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10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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Polyptychus trilineatus
subsp.
trilineatus
Moore, 1888
Plate 1, Fig. 12
Material examined.
PAKISTAN
, [Islamabad,]
Margalla Hills, Pir Sohawa,
33°49'N
73°08'E
,
1000 m
,
4. viii. 1998
, Z. Varga & G. Ronkay (
SMCR
).
Remarks.
Polyptychus trilineatus
subsp.
trilineatus
is widely distributed in continental South
East Asia
, from northern
Pakistan
, east along the Himalaya to southeast
China
, then south through
Thailand
and
Vietnam
(
Pittaway & Kitching, 2013
). It is replaced by other subspecies in southwest
India
/
Sri Lanka
, the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java/Bali, the
Philippines
and Sulawesi. Curiously, the species has yet to be recorded from the island of Borneo.