Taxonomic Information
List of Hyles Hübner, [1819] known from India.
Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758), Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh (Kitching and Smetacek, 2012), Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2006), Karnataka (Melichar, 2012).
Hyles gallii (von Rottemburg, 1775), Himachal Pradesh (Sidhu and Kubendran, 2018), Jammu and Kashmir (Bell and Scott, 1937).
Hyles hippophaes (Esper, 1789), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (Sidhu and Kubendran, 2018).
Hyles livornica (Esper, 1779), Himachal Pradesh (Sidhu and Kubendran,2018), Karnataka (Melichar, 2012), Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014).
Hyles nervosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903), Himachal Pradesh (Sidhu and Kubendran, 2018).
Hyles nicaea (Prunner, 1798), Jammu and Kashmir.
Hyles robertsi (Butler, 1880), Jammu and Kashmir (Dar et al., 2020).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Known from India only by a single specimen collected by Avinov in 1912 from Panomik, Nubro, Ladakh (=Panamik, Nubra Valley, Ladakh), housed in the BMNH (Smetacek & Kitching, 2012). Records bk334-336 represent the first sighting from India after 105 years.
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| Jammu and Kashmir | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 3 |
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1307 [accessed 27 January 2017]
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_bie.htm [accessed 27 January 2017]
- http://en.sphingidae-museum.com/database/index.php?gen=Hyles&spec=hippophaes&subsp=bienerti [accessed 27 January 2017]
- Smetacek, P., & Kitching, I. J. (2012). The hawkmoths of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 32 (3/4): 113–115. [accessed 27 January 2017]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hyles hippophaes (Esper, 1789) – Sea Buckthorn Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hyles-hippophaes, accessed 2024/04/18.