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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Acosmeryx naga
subsp.
naga
(Moore, [1858])
Plate 2, Fig. 30
Material examined.
PAKISTAN
, [Gilgit Baltistan,]
Khalti Lake, Gopis,
11. vi. 2008
, Anjum Shehzad.
Remarks.
This species was also reported from Shogran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by Staven (2001, unpublished data).
Acosmeryx naga
subsp.
naga
ranges from the Himalayan foothills of
Pakistan
,
India
and
Nepal
, through eastern and southern
China
, to
Taiwan
,
Korea
and
Japan
, and southeast through
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Laos
and
Vietnam
to Peninsular
Malaysia
(
Pittaway & Kitching, 2013
). It is replaced in eastern
Afghanistan
and
Tajikistan
by
A. naga
subsp.
hissarica
Shchetkin, 1956
, which may thus also occur on the northwest border of
Pakistan
.