Array ( [0] => Jammu and Kashmir [1] => Arunachal Pradesh [2] => Assam [3] => Meghalaya [4] => Nagaland [5] => Manipur [6] => Mizoram [7] => Bihar [8] => Gujarat [9] => Maharashtra [10] => West Bengal [11] => Himachal Pradesh [12] => Tamil Nadu [13] => Uttarakhand [14] => Sikkim [15] => Karnataka )

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Macroglossinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Macroglossini

Genus

Theretra Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793

= Oreus Hübner, [1819]: 136 (TS: Sphinx gnoma Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation by Rothschild & Jordan (1903))
= Gnathostypsis Wallengren, 1858: 137 (TS: Gnathothstypsis ostracina Wallengren, 1858, by original designation)
= Hathia Moore, [1883] 1882–3: 19 (TS: Sphinx clotho Drury, 1773)
= Florina Tutt, 1903a: 76 (TS: Choerocampa japonica Boisduval, 1869), by original designation)

Species/Subspecies

Theretra lycetus Cramer, [1776] 1775 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

Bengal; Coromandal [India]; Ceylon

= Chaerocampa rosina Butler, 1875a: 248 (TL. Masuri [Mussoorie], N.W. Himalayas)
= Chaerocampa prunosa Butler, 1876b: 622 (TL. Ceylon)

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, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Coasts, Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, North East, Semi Arid, Western Ghats

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