Theretra oldenlandiae

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 : 409

T. oldenlandiae subsp. oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)

Plate 3, Fig. 60

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Gilgit Baltistan,] Bagrot, 25. ix. 1987, Dr Afzal ( PMNH); [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Rawalakot 18. viii. 2000, M. Rafique Khan; Islamabad, NARC, 10. viii. 2001, Ather Rafi; as previous except, 23. viii. 2001; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Dunga Gali, 28. vii. 2001, Fida ( PMNH); Peshawar, 0 9. v. 1966, collector not known; [Sindh,] Karachi, 20. viii. 51, S. Khan.

Remarks. Theretra oldenlandiae subsp. oldenlandiae was collected in Pakistan from Shogran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by Staven (2001, unpublished data), from Fatehpur, Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by Chaudhry et al. (1966), from Rawalpindi by Mohyuddin (1987) and from Islamabad and Faisalabad by Mehmood et al. 1996). It has a widespread occurrence, from northern Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India east though China as far as South Korea and Japan (with strays reaching southern Primorskiy Kray, Russia), and throughout South East Asia and the Philippine and Indonesian archipelagos to New Guinea ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).