Ampelophaga rubiginosa

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 : 402

Ampelophaga rubiginosa subsp. rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853

Plate 2, Fig. 31

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Ayubia National Park, 6. vii. 2012, Saleem Akhtar ( NIBGE); Manglawer, Swat, 0 1. ix. 2012, A. Rasool ( NIBGE); Hazara, Nathiagali, 2400-2600m, 16. vii - 1. viii. 1979, Rose ( BMNH).

Remarks. First recorded in Pakistan from “Hazara” by Kitching & Cadiou (2000) (= Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Ampelophaga rubiginosa subsp. rubiginosa occurs from northeastern Afghanistan east along the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan, India and Nepal, through eastern and southern China, to Korea, the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to Peninsular Malaysia and northern Sumatra ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).