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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 rubiginosa rubiginosa Moore, 1888

Type Locality

Mundi [Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India], NW Himalayas

Remarks

The recent revision confirms the presence of two subspecies of Dahira rubiginosa. The nominotypical subspecies is known from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, whereas the subspecies Dahira rubiginosa fukienensis (Meng, 1989) is confined to southeast China and Taiwan (Haxaire et al. 2021).

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Uttarakhand

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, North East

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