Array ( [0] => Andaman and Nicobar Islands [1] => Maharashtra [2] => Sikkim [3] => West Bengal [4] => Kerala [5] => Karnataka [6] => Tamil Nadu [7] => Arunachal Pradesh [8] => Puducherry )

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 velox Fabricius, 1793 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

India orientalis

= Sphinx (Deielphila [sic]) vigil Guérin-Méneville, 1843: 80 (TL. Pondichéri [Pondicherry])
= Panacra lignaria Walker, 1856: 750 (TL. Australia: [Queensland] Cape York)
= Sphinx phoenyx Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]: pl. 83, fig. 478 (TL. Java)
= Chaerocampa swinhoei Moore in Wallace & Moore, 1866: 362 (TL. Formosa)
= Choerocampa yorkii Boisduval, 1875: 248 (TL. [Australia: Queensland] Cap[e] York)
= Panacra lifuensis Rothschild, 1894: 79 (TL. Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]: Lifu [Lifou])
= Panacra rosea Rothschild, 1894: 79 (TL. Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]: Lifu)
= Panacra griseola Rothschild, 1894: 80 (TL. Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]: Lifu [Lifou])
= Panacra pseudovigil Rothschild, 1894: 80 (TL. Not stated)
= Hippotion obanawae Matsumura, 1909: 34 (TL. Formosa)
= Hippotion beddoesii Clark, 1922: 19 (TL. Fiji: Suva)
= Hippotion noel Clark, 1923: 68 (TL. Christmas Island)
= Hippotion tainanensis Matsumura, 1927: 5 (TL. Formosa)
= Hippotion taiwanensis Riotte, 1975: 98 (TL. Wu Shai, Taiwan)
= Hippotion japenum Riotte, 1994: 296 (TL. New Guinea [Indonesia: Irian Jaya], Geelvink Bay, Japen Island [Yapen])

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, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Islands, Western Ghats