Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Family
Sphingidae
Subfamily
Macroglossinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Macroglossini
Genus
Cechenena Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Type Species
Philampelus helops Walker, 1856
Species/Subspecies
Cechenena aegrota Butler, 1875 (Pergesa)
Type Locality
Silhet [Sylhet, Bangladesh]
= albicosta (first mentioned by Tutt, 1904: 91, but without being placed in a genus. In the index to the same work (p. 506), he lists it as a synonym of C. aegrota; albicosta is an unavailable name (Haxaire & Kitching 2003).
= Cechenena aegrota occidentalis Clark, 1935: 37 (TL. North India: "probably Sikhim")
= Cechenena aegrota kueppersi Eitschberger, 2007: 25 (TL. North Vietnam)
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, North East
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