Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847)

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh & Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek, 2021, Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 173-194 : 180-181

14. Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) - Lesser Death’s Head Hawkmoth ( Figure 2 : N)

1847. Sphinx (Acherontia) styx Westwood, Cabinet oriental Ent.: (88), pl. 42, fig. 3.

Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 4 (25.1112ºN 94.4534ºE), 2425 m asl ,

25.vii.2019 - 1♂, IJ1610, coll. J.S. Irungbam.

Wingspan: ♂, 100 mm. Forewing length: 48 mm.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Chandra and Kumar, 1992); Arunachal Pradesh ( Athreya, 2013); Assam ( Arandhara et al., 2017); Delhi ( Paul et al., 2017); Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya ( Bortolin et al., 1998); Jammu and Kashmir ( Sanyal et al., 2018); Jharkhand ( Sambath, 2014); Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018); Madhya Pradesh ( Chandra et al., 2013, Choubey et al., 2017); Maharashtra ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011, Gurule and Nikam, 2013); Manipur; Odisha ( Mandal and Maulik, 1991); Rajasthan ( Sharma, 2014); Sikkim ( Dudgeon, 1886); Tamil Nadu ( Kathirvelu et al., 2019, Iyer and Kitching, 2019); Uttarakhand ( Smetacek, 1994, 2008); West Bengal ( Shah et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Pakistan ( Rafi et al., 2014); Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Bhutan ( Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019); Bangladesh ( Bell and Scott, 1937); northern Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); Laos ( Kishida and Yano, 2020); Myanmar, China, the Russian Far East ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020); Taiwan (Wu et al., 2020); Moluccas ( Holloway, 1987).

Larval hostplants: Sesamum indicum ( Pedaliaceae ) in India ( Bell and Scott, 1937).

Remarks: The species is recorded here for the first time from Manipur.

Figures

Figure 2. Image of adult Sphingidae: A. Craspedortha porphyria porphyria (Butler, 1876); B. Marumba irata Joicy and Kaye, 1917; C. Callambulyx junonia (Butler, 1881); D. Clanis undulosa gigantea Rothschild, 1894; E. Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856); F. Ambulyx liturata Butler, 1875; G. A. ochracea Butler, 1885; H. A. sericeipennis sericeipennis Butler, 1875; I. A. maculifera Walker, 1866 (female); J. Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild and Jordan, 1903); K. Psilogramma discistriga (Walker, 1856); L. Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758); M. Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798); N. A. styx styx (Westwood, 1847); O. Daphnis hypothous crameri Eitschberger and Melichar, 2010; P. Eupanacra sinuata (Rothschild and Jordan, 1903); Q. Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895); R. Acosmeryx anceus subdentata Rothschild and Jordan, 1903.