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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 sumatrensis Joicey & Kaye, 1917 (Cechenena)

Type Locality

Langkat, Sumatra [Indonesia]

=Theretra mercedes Eitschberger, 2002: 55, 56 (TL. Indonesia, Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Tembora Mts.)

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

Specific Records

Southwestern Ghats

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Western Ghats

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