Taxonomic Information
List of Hippotion Hübner, [1819] known from India.
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775), Jharkhand (Sambath, 2011), Madhya Pradesh (Chandra et al., 2013), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Punjab (Singh and Kaur,2020), West Bengal (Mishra, 2018).
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758), Karnataka (Channi et al., 2017), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014), Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Sondhi 2016), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al.,2013), Punjab ( Pathiana et al., 2014).
Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858), Nepal, Karnataka (Melichar, 2012).
Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu, (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
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| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth: Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae),Rumex vesicarius (Polygonaceae), Impatiens sp. (Balsaminaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010), Vitis sp. (Viticeae) Sondhi, S., Sankararaman, H. & Bhavanarayani, R. (2021) in Sondhi et al. (2021).
- pg 42, pl 27 f, # 90
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713 Image 62
- , # 143, pl 32.
- Iyer, G. & I.J. Kitching. 2019. A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. Pg:13595; Image 3. DOI.10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hippotion-celerio, accessed 2024/10/13.