Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856)

Kaustubh, Kumar, Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Mahboob Hassan, S. M., 2022, A preliminary Checklist of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) from Saranda forest division, Jharkhand, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 433-445 : 439-440

14. Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856) (Plate 2: Figure 13 ) Material Examined: India: Jharkhand, Saranda Forest, Tholkobad (22˚08.219’ N; 85˚11.035’ E), 576 masl ,

16.vi.2017 - 2ex., 17.vi.2017 - 1ex., Baraiburu (22˚08.636’ N; 85˚21.547’ E), 419.2 masl , 12.vi.2017 - 1ex. (Coll. by K. Kaustubh) .

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Southern

India, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma to China, Java, Sumatra, the Philippines and Tanimbar Islands ( Smetacek, 1994, Chandra, et al., 2014, Singh, et al., 2021).

Host Plant: Bombax ceiba , Microcos tomentosa , Helicteres isora , Kydia calycina , Sterculia villosa ( Malvaceae ), Sapindus trifoliatus , Schleichera trijuga ( Sapindaceae ) and Tectona grandis ( Lamiaceae ) (Robinson, et al., 2010).

Figures

Figures 7-13. 7. Theretra oldenlandiae; 8. Pergesa acteus; 9. Acosmeryx anceus, 10. Acosmeryx shervilli; 11. Hippotion boerhaviae; 12. Nephele hespera; 13. Marumba dyras.