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Theretra oldenlandiae

Description

T. oldenlandiae subsp. oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)

Plate 3, Fig. 60

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Gilgit Baltistan,] Bagrot, 25. ix. 1987, Dr Afzal (PMNH); [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Rawalakot 18. viii. 2000, M. Rafique Khan; Islamabad, NARC, 10. viii. 2001, Ather Rafi; as previous except, 23. viii. 2001; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Dunga Gali, 28. vii. 2001, Fida (PMNH); Peshawar, 0 9. v. 1966, collector not known; [Sindh,] Karachi, 20. viii. 51, S. Khan.

Remarks. Theretra oldenlandiae subsp. oldenlandiae was collected in Pakistan from Shogran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by Staven (2001, unpublished data), from Fatehpur, Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by Chaudhry et al. (1966), from Rawalpindi by Mohyuddin (1987) and from Islamabad and Faisalabad by Mehmood et al. 1996). It has a widespread occurrence, from northern Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India east though China as far as South Korea and Japan (with strays reaching southern Primorskiy Kray, Russia), and throughout South East Asia and the Philippine and Indonesian archipelagos to New Guinea (Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).

Notes

Published as part of Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), pp. 393-418 in Zootaxa 3794 (3) on page 409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/230551

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Theretra
Species
oldenlandiae
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Chaudhry, G. U., Chaudhry, M. I. & Khan, S. M. (1966) Survey of Insect Fauna of Forests of Pakistan. Final Technical Report. Vol. 1. Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, West Pakistan, 167 pp.
  • Mohyuddin, A. I. (1987) A Catalogue of Insects and Mites in the Reference Collection of PARC-CIBC Station up to 1986. Vol. 1. Lepidoptera. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, CAB International Institute of Biological Control, 34 pp.
  • Mehmood, K., Yousuf, M. & Naeem, M. (1996) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Entomologist's Record, 108, 211 - 215.
  • Pittaway, A. R. & Kitching, I. J. (2013) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Available from: http: // tpittaway. tripod. com / china / china. htm (accessed 1 December 2013)