Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Macroglossinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Macroglossini

Genus

Dahira Moore, 1888

Type Species

Dahira rubiginosa Moore, 1888

= Lepchina Oberthür, 1904: 76 (TS: Lepchina tridens Oberthür, 1904, by monotypy)
= Thibetia Joicey & Kaye, 1917: 231 (TS: Thibetia niphaphylla Joicey & Kaye 1917, by original designation)
= Micracosmeryx Mell, 1922: 118 (TS: Micracosmeryx macroglossoides Mell, 1922, by monotypy)
= Gehlenia Bryk, 1944: 44 (TS: Gehlenia bruno Bryk, 1944, by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Dahira obliquifascia obliquifascia Hampson, 1910 (Ampelophaga)

Type Locality

Khasis [Khasi Hills] [Meghalaya, India]

Remarks

The revision of the species, based on molecular analysis, confirms the occurrence of four subspecies: the nominotypical subspecies in Nepal and northeast India; D. obliquifascia siamensis (Melichar & Haxaire in Haxaire et al. 2021) in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia; D. obliquifascia baibarana (Matsumura, 1927) is restricted to Taiwan; and D. obliquifascia huangshana (Meng, 1982) is confined to southeastern China, specifically in Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, northern Xizang (Haxaire et al. 2021).

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

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