Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Erebidae
Subfamily
Arctiinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Amerilini
Genus
Amerila Walker, 1855
Type Species
Sphinx astreus Drury, 1773
Species/Subspecies
Amerila astreus Drury, 1773 (Sphinx)
Type Locality
Bengal [India/Bangladesh]
= Phalaena melanthus Cramer, 1780
= Rhodogastria astreas hainana Rothschild, 1910
= Amerila astrea auct. (TL: Pakistan)
Distribution
Specific Records
Dalma WLS
States/Union Territories
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, Throughout India, Western Ghats