Hyles hippophaes

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 : 407

H. hippophaes subsp. bienerti (Staudinger, 1874)

Plate 3, Fig. 49

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Gilgit Baltistan,] Khalti Lake, Gopis, 10. vi. 2008, Anjum Shehzad; as previous except 11. vi. 2008; Gulmit Gojal, 0 4. vi. 2007, Noveed Usman; [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Sudhan Gali, Bagh District, 7000', vii. 2012, Abdul Azeemi ( CMVUK).

Remarks. Hyles hippophaes subsp. bienerti occurs from Turkey, the Caucasus and southern Russia, east through Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan to Kashmir and northwestern India, and then northeast to northern China, Mongolia, Tuva and Lake Baikal, Russia ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).