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 shendurneensis Sondhi, Kitching, Basu & Kunte, 2017
Type Locality
Pandimotta forest camp, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollam District, Kerala [India]
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Kerala
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Western Ghats