Acherontia styx

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 3794 (3), pp. 393-418 : 400

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134991
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scientific name	Acherontia styx
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A. styx View in CoL subsp. styx (Westwood, 1847)

Plate 2, Fig. 23

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] NARC, 0 1. x. 2005, Javed Khan; as previous except 15. vi. 2006, Ather Rafi; [Punjab,] Taxila Cantt, 29. vi. 2008, Anjum Shehzad; Gujrat, 15. x. 2010, collector not known; Bahawalpur, 15. v. 1958, collector not known; Kahuta, 21. xi. 2009, M. Aslam Ali; [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Rawalakot, date of collection not known, M. Rafique Khan; Patika, Muzaffarabad, 29. v. 1964, M. Ismail; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Abbottabad, 23. v. 1964, ( CABI); Butkahila, 20. viii. 1963, ( CABI); Peshawar, 9. v. 1965, ( CABI); Kohat, 26. x. 2007, collector not known; Jamrud, 14. x. 1950, N. A. Aslam; as previous except 10. v. 1958, Nadir; as previous except, 0 9. v. 1957, Hafeez; Mansehra, 26. ix. 1971, S. L. Shah; [Sindh,] Malir, Karachi, 11. vii. 1956, Ehsan; as previous except 4. x. 1956; as previous except 13. iv. 1961, Sardar; as previous except 9. iv. 1958, Irshad Hoti; as previous except 1. x. 1966, Sultan; Karachi, 5. ix. 1950, S. Khan; as previous except 2. i. 1952, Najam; as previous except 0 1. v. 1956, A. Iman; as previous except 26. vii. 1976, Ata Hussain; as previous except 25. v. 1971, S. Z. Shah; [Baluchistan,] Pasni, May, 1934, A. C. Sen; Usta Mohammad, 12. ii. 1949, Sadiq.

Remarks. Acherontia styx subsp. styx was reported from Pakistan from Faisalabad, Sialkot, Bahawalpur, Lahore, Layyah and Okara by Mehmood et al. (1996). This subspecies is found from north-central and western China, westward across northern Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Iran to Saudi Arabia and Iraq ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013; Pittaway, 2013). It is replaced by A. styx subsp. medusa in Japan, Korea, eastern China, Vietnam, peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia (as far as the Moluccas).