Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) - Common Grizzled Hawkmoth

Taxonomic Information

Dolbina Staudinger, 1877 species known from India. 
Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856). India: Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttarakhand. 
Dolbina manjunatha Haxaire & Melichar, 2013. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh411
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
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal1
Total12512
Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) – Common Grizzled Hawkmoth: Osmanthus fragrans (Oleaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/69_Sphingidae/3011%20Dolbina%20inexacta/Dolbina%20inexacta.htm [accessed 14 January 2016]
  2. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/879
  3. 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/d_ine.htm
    [accessed 14 January 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) – Common Grizzled 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/index.php/dolbina-inexacta, accessed 2025/11/10.