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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| Total | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Pergesa aurifera Butler, 1875, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 7. Type locality: [India,] Sikkim.
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/r_aur.htm [accessed 16 August 2019]
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2469 [accessed 16 August 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rhagastis castor (Walker, 1856) – Common Mottled Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rhagastis-castor, accessed 2025/08/18.