Array ( [0] => Andaman and Nicobar Islands [1] => Arunachal Pradesh [2] => Delhi [3] => Gujarat [4] => Himachal Pradesh [5] => Madhya Pradesh [6] => Uttar Pradesh [7] => Jammu and Kashmir [8] => Sikkim [9] => Uttarakhand [10] => Karnataka [11] => Kerala [12] => Maharashtra [13] => Manipur [14] => Meghalaya [15] => Punjab [16] => Rajasthan [17] => Sikkim [18] => Tamil Nadu [19] => West Bengal )

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Macroglossinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Macroglossini

Genus

Hippotion Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758

= Panacra Walker, 1856: 77 (key), 154 (TS: Panacra lignaria Walker, 1856, by subsequent designation by Moore ([1883] 1882–3)
= Miavia Kirby, 1897: 24 (TS: Chaerocampa [sic] johanna Kirby, 1877, by monotypy)
= Lilina Tutt, 1903b: 101 (TS: Sphinx pinastrina Butler, 1876, by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Hippotion celerio Linnaeus, 1758 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

Habitat in Vite [meaning it lives on grapevine. Type locality was not exactly stated. Lepindex records it broadly as ‘Oestliche Hemisphaere’ (Eastern Hemisphere)]

= Sphinx tisiphone Linnaeus, 1758: 492 (TL. India)
= Phalaena inquilinus Harris, 1780: 93 (TL. England [United Kingdom]: [Middlesex, Islington] Bunhill Fields [Burial Grounds])
= Elpenor phoenix Oken, 1815: 760 (Suppressed name)
= Hippotion ocys Hübner, [1819]: 135 (TL. Coast of Coromandel [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh]; Tranquebar [Tharangambadi, Tamil nadu]; Cape of Good Hope [South Africa: Western Cape])
= Deilephila celerio augustii Trimoulet, 1858: 24 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Deilephila albolineata Montrouzier, 1864: 250 (TL. New Caledonia: environs of Kanala)
= Hippotion celerio brunnea Tutt, 1904: 119 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Hippotion celerio pallida Tutt, 1904: 119 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Hippotion celerio unicolor Tutt, 1904: 120 (Infrasubspecific name)
= Hippotion celerio sieberti Closs, 1910: 226 (TL. Java)
= Hippotion celerio rosea Closs, 1911b: 276 (TL. New Caledonia)

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

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Desert, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, Semi Arid, Western Ghats, throughout India

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