Taxonomic Information
List of Angonyx Boisduval, [1875] known from India.
Angonyx krishna Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006. India: Karnataka (Melichar, 2012), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching,2019).
Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka (
Angonyx testacea is similar species in North India, where this species does not occur.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/189 [accessed 25 November 2016]
- [accessed 25 November 2016]
- 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:13596; Image 10. DOI.10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Angonyx krishna Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006 – Southern Dark-green 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/angonyx-krishna, accessed 2025/10/31.