Array ( [0] => Andaman and Nicobar Islands [1] => Chhattisgarh [2] => Tripura [3] => Arunachal Pradesh [4] => Mizoram [5] => Jammu and Kashmir [6] => Manipur [7] => Nagaland [8] => Assam [9] => Madhya Pradesh [10] => Meghalaya [11] => Punjab [12] => Himachal Pradesh [13] => Sikkim [14] => West Bengal [15] => Uttarakhand )

Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Sphingidae

Subfamily

Smerinthinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Sichiini

Genus

Marumba Moore, [1882] 1882-3

Type Species

Smerinthus dyras Walker, 1856

= Burrowsia Tutt, 1902: 386 (TS: Triptogon roseipennis Butler, 1875, by monotypy)
= Sichia Tutt, 1902: 386 (TS: Sphinx quercus [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by monotypy)
= Kayeia Tutt, 1902: 474 (TS: Smerinthus maackii Bremer, 1861, by monotypy)

Species/Subspecies

Marumba dyras oriens Butler, 1875 (Triptogon)

Type Locality

North East India

= Triptogon sinensis Butler, 1875a: 254 (TL. Hong Kong)
= Triptogon silhetensis Butler, 1875a: 255 (TL. Silhet [Sylhet])
= Triptogon massurensis Butler, 1875a: 256 (TL. Massuri [Mussoorie])
= Triptogon fuscescens Butler, 1875a: 256 (TL. Darjeeling)
= Triptogon andamana Moore, 1877b: 595 (TL. South Andamans: Port Blair)
= Marumba dyras plana Clark, 1923: 54 (TL. China (SE): [Guangdong] Lo-tan-san)
= Marumba dyras tonkinensis Clark, 1936: 81 (TL. French Indo-China [Vietnam]: Laokay [Lao Cai], Tonkin-Chapa [Sa Pa])
= Marumba dyras handeliioides Mell, 1937: 5 (TL. China: Central Hunan, Hengshan, near Hangchow)
= Marumba dyras sumatrana Gehlen, 1940: 142 (TL. Sumatra [Sumatera], Padang)
= Marumba dyras javanica form digitata Dupont in Dupont & Roepke, 1941 (TL. Not stated)
= Marumba dyras javanica form disjuncta Dupont in Dupont & Roepke, 1941 (TL. Not stated)

Remarks

Based on the morphological characteristics and DNA barcode analysis, the Indian Marumba dyras is split into two distinct subspecies: Marumba dyras dyrus (confined to Sri Lanka and south India) and Marumba dyras oriens (distributed through northern and north-east India to South East Asia) (Haxaire & Melichar 2023). Populations from central India require further investigation.

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, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, Semi Arid

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