Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894) - Pale-edged Mottled Hawkmoth

Taxonomic Information

Rhagastis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 species known from India.
Rhagastis acuta (Walker, 1856). India: Karnataka, Kerala. 
Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Rhagastis castanea (Moore, 1872). India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa. 
Rhagastis castor (Walker, 1856). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu.
Rhagastis confusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. India: Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal. 
Rhagastis gloriosa (Butler, 1875). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh ;Nepal.
Rhagastis lunata (Rothschild, 1900). India: Assam, Himalaya (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Rhagastis olivacea (Moore, 1872). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim; Nepal.
Rhagastis velata (Walker, 1866). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1021
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim13
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total113211

Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894): Dichroa febrifuga, Hydrangea sp. (Hydrangeaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

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  2. Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 5. Taylor & Francis, London. Sphingidae, pg 478, # 178
  3. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2462 [accessed 13 January 2015]
  4. Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.).  http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/r_dic.htm [accessed 13 January 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894) – Pale-edged Mottled 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/rhagastis-albomarginatus, accessed 2025/10/31.