Taxonomic Information
List of Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875] known from India.
Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781). India: Assam (Arandhara et al.,2017) Jharkhand (Singh et al.,2018), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017).
Acosmeryx akanshi Melichar,Řezáč,Manjunatha & Horecký, 2014. India: Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019), Maharashtra.
Acosmeryx castanea Rothschild & Jordan,1903. India: Sikkim Himalaya region (Khan and Raina, 2017).
Acosmeryx naga (Moore, 1858). India: Punjab (Singh and Kaur, 2017), Sikkim Himalaya (Khan and Raina, 2017), Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Acosmeryx omissa Rothschild & Jordan,1903. India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018); West Bengal (Shah, 2016), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
Acosmeryx pseudonaga Butler,1881. India: Sikkim (Kitching, 2020), Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh.
Acosmeryx sericeus (Walker, 1856). India: Meghalaya; (Bortolin et al., 1998), Sikkim (Kitching, 2020), Himalayan region (Sanyal et al.,2018), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval, 1875. India: Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017, Karnataka (Melichar, 2012), Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu.
Acosmeryx sinjaevi Brechlin & Kitching, 1998. India: Arunachal Pradesh (?).
Acosmeryx socrates Boisduval, 1875. India: Himalayan region (Sanyal et al., 2018), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013).
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Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval, [1875] – Dull Forest Hawkmoth: Ampelocissus indica, Leea guineensis, Tetrastigma lanceolarium (Vitaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/283 [accessed 3 Oct 2015]
- Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_shv.htm [accessed 3 Oct 2015]
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Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval, [1875] – Dull Forest Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/acosmeryx-shervillii, accessed 2025/10/30.