Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) - Pale Striated Hawkmoth

Taxonomic Information

List of Hippotion Hübner, [1819] known from India.Reliably separated from Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) by comparing genitalia.
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).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This species is similar to Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892). Reliably separated from Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) by comparing genitalia.
 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Striated Hawkmoth: Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae), Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae), Boerhavia repens, Boerhavia coccinea (Nyctaginaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata (Dioscoreaceae), Glossostigma diandrum (Phrymaceae), Impatiens balsamina (Balsaminaceae), Ipomoea cairica (Convolvulaceae), Knoxia mollis, Gynochthodes umbellata, Spermacoce spp. (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Sphinx boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775. Syst. Ent., p. 542
  2. https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_boe.htm
  3. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_29_4.php
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/boerhaviae.html
  5. https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1215
Note: Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, [1858]), Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) and Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) are reliably separated by comparing genitalia.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Striated Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hippotion-boerhaviae, accessed 2024/03/28.