List of moths of India (Sphingidae)

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

Subfamily Smerinthinae

Subfamily Macroglossinae

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)

See also

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

References

• Cotes, EC & C Swinhoe (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. Website on Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms - Page on family Sphingidae (accessed on 8 July 2007).

External links

• Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic
• The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia
• Thai moths - Sphingidae