Biology:List of moths of India (Sphingidae)

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Theretra nessus, the yam hawk moth in Mudumalai National Park, Tamil Nadu, India

This is a list of moths of the family Sphingidae that are found in India . It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India. The list is under development.

Subfamily Sphinginae

Genus Agrius

• Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus 1758

Genus Megacorma

• Megacorma obliqua Rothschild & Jordan 1903

Genus Acherontia

• Acherontia lachesis Fabricius 1798
• Acherontia styx Westwood 1848

Genus Meganoton

• Meganoton analis C. Felder & R. Felder
• Meganoton nyctiphanes Walker 1856
• Meganoton rubescens Butler 1875

Genus Psilogramma

• Psilogramma increta Walker 1865
• Psilogramma menephron Cramer 1780

Genus Apocalypsis

• Apocalypsis velox Butler 1876

Genus Pseudodolbina

• Pseudodolbina fo Walker 1856
• Pseudodolbina aequalis Rothschild & Jordan 1903

Genus Thamnoecha

• Thamnoecha uniformis Butler 1875

Genus Pentateucha

• Pentateucha curiosa Swinhoe 1908

Genus Dolbina

• Dolbina grisea Hampson 1893
• Dolbina inexacta Walker 1856

Subfamily Smerinthinae

Genus Amplypterus

• Amplypterus panopus Cramer 1779
• Amplypterus mansoni Clark 1924

Genus Ambulyx

• Ambulyx sericeipennis Butler 1875
• Ambulyx placida Moore 1888
• Ambulyx semiplacida Inoue 1990
• Ambulyx maculifera Walker 1866
• Ambulyx lahora Butler 1875
• Ambulyx ochracea Butler 1885
• Ambulyx matti Jordan 1923
• Ambulyx belli Jordan 1923
• Ambulyx liturata Butler 1875
• Ambulyx substrigilis Westwood 1848
• Ambulyx canescens Walker 1864
• Ambulyx moorei Moore 1858
• Ambulyx auripennis Moore 1879
• Ambulyx lestradei Cadiou 1998
• Ambulyx sinjaevi Brechlin, 1998
• Ambulyx tobii Inoue 1996

Genus Clanis

• Clanis bilineata Walker 1866
• Clanis undulosa Moore 1879
• Clanis deucalion Walker 1856
• Clanis phalaris Cramer 1777
• Clanis titan Rothschild & Jordan 1903

Genus Leucophlebia

• Leucophlebia lineata Westwood 1847
• Leucophlebia emittens Walker 1866
• Leucophlebia rosacea Butler 1875

Genus Polyptychus

• Polyptychus trilineatus Moore 1888
• Polyptychus dentatus Cramer 1777

Genus Marumba

• Marumba harutai Eitschberger & Ihle 2012
• Marumba cristata Butler 1875
• Marumba spectabilis Butler 1875
• Marumba dyras Walker 1856
• Marumba sperchius Ménétriés 1857
• Marumba nympha Rothschild & Jordan 1903
• Marumba indicus Walker 1856
• Marumba poliotis Hampson 1907

Genus Morwennius

• Morwennius decoratus Moore 1872

Genus Daphnusa

• Daphnusa sinocontinentalis Brechlin 2009

Genus Langia

• Langia zenzeroides Moore 1872

Genus Rhodoprasina

• Rhodoprasina floralis Butler 1876
• Rhodoprasina callantha Jordan 1929
• Rhodoprasina koerferi Brechlin, 2010

Genus Clanidopsis

• Clanidopsis exusta Butler 1875

Genus Agnosia

• Agnosia orneus Westwood 1847
• Agnosia microta Hampson 1907

Genus Craspedortha

• Craspedortha porphyria Butler 1877

Genus Cypa

• Cypa uniformis Mell 1922
• Cypa decolor Walker 1856
• Cypa enodis Jordan 1931
• Cypa ferruginea Walker, 1865

Genus Cypoides

• Cypoides parachinensis Brechlin 2009

Genus Smerinthulus

• Smerinthulus perversa Rothschild 1895

Genus Degmaptera

• Degmaptera mirabilis Rothschild 1894

Genus Callambulyx

• Callambulyx rubricosa Walker 1856
• Callambulyx junonia Butler 1881
• Callambulyx poecilus Rothschild 1898

Genus Anambulyx

• Anambulyx elwesi Druce 1882

Genus Smerinthus

• Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer 1852

Genus Phyllosphingia

• Phyllosphingia dissimilis Bremer 1861

Genus Sataspes

• Sataspes infernalis Westwood 1848
• Sataspes xylocoparis Butler 1875
• Sataspes tagalica Boisduval 1875
• Sataspes scotti Jordan 1926

Subfamily Macroglossinae

Genus Hemaris

• Hemaris rubra Hampson 1893
• Hemaris ducalis Staudinger 1887
• Hemaris fuciformis Linnaeus 1758
• Hemaris saundersii Walker 1856

Genus Cephonodes

• Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus 1771
• Cephonodes picus Cramer 1777

Genus Gnathothlibus

• Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer 1777

Genus Daphnis

• Daphnis nerii Linnaeus 1758
• Daphnis hypothous Cramer 1780
• Daphnis layardii Moore 1882
• Daphnis placida Walker 1856
• Daphnis minima Butler 1977

Genus Dahira

• Dahira rubiginosa Moore 1888
• Dahira obliquifascia Hampson 1910
• Dahira yunnanfuana Clark 1925
• Dahira marisae Schnitzler & Stüning 2009
• Dahira tridens Oberthür 1904

Genus Ampelophaga

• Ampelophaga rubiginosa Bremer & Grey 1852
• Ampelophaga khasiana Rothschild 1895
• Ampelophaga thomasi Cadiou & Kitching 1998
• Ampelophaga dolichoides Felder 1874

Genus Elibia

• Elibia dolichus Westwood 1847

Genus Acosmerycoides

• Acosmerycoides harterti Rothschild 1895

Genus Acosmeryx

• Acosmeryx anceus Stoll 1781
• Acosmeryx naga Moore 1857
• Acosmeryx sericeus Walker 1856
• Acosmeryx omissa Rothschild & Jordan 1903
• Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval 1875
• Acosmeryx pseudonaga Butler 1881

Genus Eupanacra

• Eupanacra busiris Walker 1856
• Eupanacra automedon Walker 1856
• Eupanacra regularis Butler 1875
• Eupanacra variolosa Walker 1856
• Eupanacra sinuata Rothschild & Jordan 1903
• Eupanacra metallica Butler 1875
• Eupanacra perfecta Butler 1875
• Eupanacra mydon Walker 1856
• Eupanacra malayana Rothschild & Jordan 1903

Genus Angonyx

• Angonyx testacea Walker 1856
• Angonyx krishna Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006

Genus Enpinanga

• Enpinanga assamensis Walker 1856
• Enpinanga borneensis Butler 1879

Genus Cizara

• Cizara sculpta C. Felder & R. Felder 1874

Genus Nephele

• Nephele hespera Fabricius 1775

Genus Neogurelca

• Neogurelca masuriensis Butler 1875
• Neogurelca hyas Walker 1856
• Neogurelca himachala Kirby 1892
• Neogurelca montana Jordan 1915

Genus Sphingonaepiopsis

• Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio Boisduval 1875

Genus Eurypteryx

• Eurypteryx bhaga Moore 1865

Genus Hayesiana

• Hayesiana triopus Westwood 1847

Genus Macroglossum

Macroglossum corythus

Macroglossum stellatarum

• Macroglossum affictitia Butler, 1875 (= M. vialis Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum aquila Boisduval, 1875 (= M. interrupta Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum assimilis Swainson, 1821 (= M. belia Hampson, [1893]; bengalensis Boisduval, [1875]; gilia Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum avicula Boisduval, [1875] note: Kitching & Cadiou (2000) note this species is probably not Indian, as it is found in Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines
• Macroglossum belis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Macroglossum bombylans Boisduval, [1875] (= M. walkeri Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum corythus Walker, 1856 (= M. proxima Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum faro (Cramer, 1780)
• Macroglossum fervens Butler, 1875
• Macroglossum glaucoptera Butler, 1875 (= M. lepcha Butler, 1876 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856
• Macroglossum heliophila Boisduval, 1875 (= M. divergens Walker, 1856 sensu Hampson, 1892; this is the Sri Lankan subspecies of M. heliophila (see Kitching & Cadiou, 2000))
• Macroglossum hemichroma Butler, 1875
• Macroglossum insipida Butler 1875
• Macroglossum mitchellii Boisduval, [1875]
  • Macroglossum mitchellii imperator Butler, 1875 (= M. imperator Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum passalus (Drury, 1773) (= M. rectifascia R. Felder, [1874] sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum regulus Boisduval, 1875 (= M. fervens Butler, 1875 sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Macroglossum semifasciata Hampson, 1892 [1893]
• Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856
• Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758) (hummingbird hawk-moth)

Genus Hyles

• Hyles nervosa Rothschild & Jordan 1903
• Hyles gallii Rottemburg 1775
• Hyles nicaea De Prunner 1798
• Hyles hippophaes Esper 1789
• Hyles livornica Esper 1780

Genus Deilephila

• Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus 1758
• Deilephila rivularis Boisduval 1875

Genus Hippotion

• Hippotion velox Fabricius 1793
• Hippotion celerio Linnaeus 1758
• Hippotion echeclus Boisduval 1875
• Hippotion rafflesii Butler 1877
• Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe 1892
• Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius 1775

Genus Theretra

• Theretra nessus Drury 1773
• Theretra boisduvali Bugnion 1839
• Theretra sumatrensis Joicey & Kaye 1917
• Theretra clotho Drury 1773
• Theretra gnoma Fabricius 1775
• Theretra latreillii W.S. MacLeay 1827
• Theretra alecto Linnaeus 1758
• Theretra mansoni Clark 1924
• Theretra suffusa Walker 1856
• Theretra lycetus Cramer 1775
• Theretra oldenlandiae Fabricius 1775
• Theretra silhetensis Walker 1856
• Theretra griseomarginata Hampson 1898
• Theretra insignis Butler 1882
• Theretra pallicosta Walker 1856
• Theretra castanea Moore 1872

Genus Pergesa

• Pergesa acteus Cramer 1777

Genus Rhagastis

• Rhagastis velata Walker 1866
• Rhagastis acuta Walker 1856
• Rhagastis castor Walker 1856
• Rhagastis confusa Rothschild & Jordan 1903
• Rhagastis lunata Rothschild 1900
• Rhagastis olivacea Moore 1857
• Rhagastis albomarginatus Rothschild 1894
• Rhagastis gloriosa Butler 1875

Genus Cechenena

• Cechenena mirabilis Butler 1875
• Cechenena aegrota Butler 1875
• Cechenena helops Walker 1856
• Cechenena minor Butler 1875
• Cechenena lineosa Walker 1856
• Cechenena scotti Rothschild 1920

See also

• Sphingidae
• Moths
• Lepidoptera
• List of moths of India

References

• Cotes, E. C.; Swinhoe, C. (1887) A Catalogue of the Moths of India. Part 1-Sphinges. Indian Museum, Calcutta.
• Hampson, G. F. et al. (1892–1937) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)
• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J-M. (2000) Hawkmoths of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist. Cornell University Press. viii + 227 pp., 8 plates.
• Savela, Markku. "Sphingidae Latreille, 1802". http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/index.html. Retrieved 8 July 2007. 

External links

• Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J.. "Systematic List". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/china.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018. 
• Beck, Jan; Kitching, Ian J. The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia. Version 1.6.
• "Hawk moths (Sphingidae)" Thaibugs. Archived June 30, 2007.