Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India
Author
Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh
1,2 * & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: jatishwor. irungbam @ gmail. com & 1,2 * & Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: zdfric @ gmail. com
Author
Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek
1,2 * & Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: zdfric @ gmail. com
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2021
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13.
Acherontia lachesis
(
Fabricius, 1798
)
- Greater Death’s Head Hawkmoth (
Figure 2
: M)
1798.
Sphinx lachesis
Fabricius,
Suppl. Ent. Syst
.
: 434.
Material examined:
INDIA
,
Manipur
,
Ukhrul District
,
Shirui Hills
,
Site
4 (
25.1112ºN
94.4534ºE
),
2425 m
asl
,
25.vii.2019
-
1♂
, IJ1181, coll. J.S. Irungbam.
Wingspan:
♂
,
120 mm
. Forewing length:
56 mm
.
Distribution:
India
:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(
Chandra and Kumar, 1992
);
Arunachal Pradesh
(
Athreya, 2013
);
Assam
(
Arandhara
et al.,
2017
);
Jammu and Kashmir
(
Sanyal
et al.,
2018
);
Jharkhand
(
Sambath, 2014
);
Karnataka
(Melichar
et al
., 2018);
Madhya Pradesh
(
Chandra
et al.,
2013
, Choubey
et al.,
2017);
Andhra Pradesh
, Goa,
Gujarat
,
Maharashtra
(
Gurule and Nikam, 2013
),
Manipur
,
Mizoram
,
Nagaland
(
Shubhalaxmi
et al
., 2011
);
Meghalaya
(
Mandal and Ghosh, 1999
);
Odisha
(
Mandal and Maulik, 1991
); Punjab (
Pathania
et al.,
2014
);
Sikkim
(
Dudgeon, 1886
);
Tamil Nadu
(
Kathirvelu
et al.,
2019
,
Iyer and Kitching, 2019
);
Uttarakhand
(
Smetacek, 1994
,
2008
);
West Bengal
(
Shah
et al
., 2018
).
Elsewhere
: Eastern
Pakistan
(
Rafi
et al
., 2014
);
Nepal
(
Kishida, 1998
);
Bhutan
(
Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019
);
Thailand
(
Inoue
et al.,
1997
);
Laos
(
Kishida and Yano, 2020
);
Vietnam
(
Kitching and Spitzer, 1995
);
Hong Kong
(
Kendrick, 2002
;
Kendrick and Young, 2014
);
Myanmar
,
China
,
Taiwan
(
Fu
et al.
2013
; Wu
et al
., 2020);
Malaysia
(
Holloway, 1987
);
Indonesia
, southern
Japan
,
Papua New Guinea
, the Hawaiian Islands,
Moluccas
(
Holloway, 1987
); the
Philippines
(
Hogenes, 1998
).
Larval host-plants
:
Erythrina
spp.
(
Fabaceae
),
Jasminum
spp.
(
Oleaceae
),
Solanum tuberosum
(
Solanaceae
),
Nicotiana tabacum
(
Solanaceae
),
Tectona grandis
(
Lamiaceae
),
Datura
sp.
(
Solanaceae
) and other plants (
Scott, 1941
).
Remarks: The species is recorded here for the first time from
Manipur
.