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

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Macroglossinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Macroglossini

Genus

Nephele Hübner, [1819] 1816

Type Species

Sphinx didyma Fabricius, 1775

= Orneus Hübner, 1824: pl. [159] (TS: Orneus oenopion Hübner, [1824], by monotypy)
= Zonilia Walker, 1856: 78 (key), 192 (TS: Zonilia viridescens Walker, 1856, by subsequent designation by Rothschild & Jordan (1903))
= Nephile; Butler (1879c: 293) (An incorrect subsequent spelling of Nephele Hiibner)

Species/Subspecies

Nephele hespera Fabricius, 1775 (Sphinx)

Type Locality

India Orientali

= Sphinx didyma Fabricius, 1775: 543 (TL. "America")
= Sphinx chiron Cramer, [1779] 1777: 62, pl. 137, fig. F (TL. Coromandel [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh])
= Sphinx morpheus Cramer, [1779] 1777: 84, pl. 149, fig. D (TL. Coromandel [Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh])
= Sphinx quaterna Esper, 1794: 2 (TL. "South America")
= Perigonia obliterans Walker, 1865: 28 (TL. North Hindostan)
= Nephele kitchingi Singh & Kaur, 2012: 80 (TL. India: Himachal Pradesh, Shimla)

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

Andaman Islands, Pondicherry

States/Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

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

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