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An updated checklist of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) from Great Nicobar Island with a new species record from India


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In this paper, we report Ambulyx tattina (Jordan, 1919) from the Great Nicobar, a new addition to the Sphingid fauna of India. Additionally, we report four species of Sphingidae i.e., Apocalypsis velox Butler, 1876, Cechenena helops helops (Walker, 1856), Pergesa acteus (Cramer, [1779]), and Theretra silhetensis (Walker, 1856) for the first time from Nicobar. An updated checklist with 28 species under 18 genera of Sphingidae of the great Nicobar Island is given.

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Ambulyx tattina, Apocalypsis velox, Cechenena helops helops, Pergesa acteus, Theretra silhetensis
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Authors

Navneet Singh
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
Jalil Ahmad
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


In this paper, we report Ambulyx tattina (Jordan, 1919) from the Great Nicobar, a new addition to the Sphingid fauna of India. Additionally, we report four species of Sphingidae i.e., Apocalypsis velox Butler, 1876, Cechenena helops helops (Walker, 1856), Pergesa acteus (Cramer, [1779]), and Theretra silhetensis (Walker, 1856) for the first time from Nicobar. An updated checklist with 28 species under 18 genera of Sphingidae of the great Nicobar Island is given.

Keywords


Ambulyx tattina, Apocalypsis velox, Cechenena helops helops, Pergesa acteus, Theretra silhetensis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi3%2F2021%2F157648