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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Nephele hespera
(Fabricius, 1775)
Plate 2, Fig. 36
Material examined.
PAKISTAN
, [Gilgit Baltistan,]
Passu,
30. ix. 1987
, Fida (
PMNH
); [
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,]
Dunga Gali,
2. ix. 2002
, Fiaz Fida;
Islamabad,
28. vi. 2001
, Ather Rafi; as previous except
24. vii. 2001
; as previous except
27. vii. 2001
; as previous except
29. viii. 2001
;
[Islamabad,]
NARC
,
29. ix. 2005
, Rashid; as previous except
29. viii. 2001
, Ather Rafi; as previous except
31. v. 2005
; as previous except
8. xi. 2010
; as previous except
23. viii.2006
, Khurram; as previous except
20. x. 2006
, Falak Naz;
[Islamabad,]
Margalla Hills, 0
5. vii. 2006
, Falak Naz; [
Azad Jammu and Kashmir,]
Pir Chinasi, Muzaffarabad,
24. v. 2009
, A. Zia; Sudhan Gali, Bagh,
29. viii. 2009
, Asad Ali; Bhimber,
10. x. 2001
, collector not known;
[Sindh,]
Malir, Karachi, 1959, M. Sultan.
Remarks.
Nephele hespera
was recorded in
Pakistan
from Faisalabad (as
N. didyma
f.
didyma
and
N. didyma
f.
hespera
) by
Mehmood
et al.
(1996)
. It occurs from
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan
, east across
Sri Lanka
,
India
,
Nepal
, the Andaman Islands,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Laos
and
Vietnam
, to southern
China
, Peninsular
Malaysia
, Sumatra and Java. It has also been recorded from southern
Papua New Guinea
and on the islands of Dauan and Warraber off the northern tip of Queensland,
Australia
(
Pittaway & Kitching, 2013
).