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Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-07
Page range: 393–418
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The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

National Insect Museum, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan.
National Insect Museum, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan.
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
CABI, Nosworthy Way, Mongewell, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DE, UK.
Moscow Naturalist Society, Moscow, Russia
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
National Insect Museum, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad 45500, Pakistan.
Lepidoptera Sphingidae hawkmoths Pakistan geographical distribution biogeography fauna checklist

Abstract

This study represents the first complete modern account of the Sphingidae of Pakistan and takes the form of an annotated checklist, based on several national collections and those of a number of individuals. Of the 60 species and subspecies found, 14 are new records to the fauna of Pakistan, namely Agnosia orneus, Langia zenzeroides subsp. zenzeroides, Polyptychus trilineatus subsp. trilineatus, Dolbina inexacta, Ambulyx sericeipennis subsp. sericeipennis, Thamnoecha uniformis, Macroglossum belis, Macroglossum stellatarum, Cechetra scotti, Hippotion boerhaviae, Hyles euphorbiae subsp. euphorbiae, Rhagastis olivacea, Rethera brandti subsp. euteles and Theretra latreillii subsp. lucasii. Anambulyx elwesi subsp. kitchingi and Clanis deucalion subsp. thomaswitti are not recognised as valid subspecies and are synonymized with their respective nominotypical subspecies. An additional list is given of 30 taxa which may yet be found in Pakistan as they are present in neighbouring countries close to the border. Of the species/subspecies found, 24 are part of the Palaearctic fauna, 27 are part of the Oriental fauna and nine are Palaeo-Oriental/Palaeotropical. This reconfirms the transitional biogeographical position of the Pakistan fauna.