Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Forewings vary from earthen-brown to pale grey with brown markings. In most distal double line(s) the external one is much heavier than the proximal one; the former stops mostly at Cu1, but occasionally continues beyond, curving basad and ending at the marginal spot; the inner line encircles the spot Cu2, its posterior portion often very faint; there is sometimes a chocolate-coloured area along outer margin. Hindwing reddish to yellowish, with fuscous base and large anal spot. Tongue with fringe. Pilifer with brush of bristles. Antenna one-third length of forewing in male, a little shorter in female (Bell & Scott, 1937). Notes from https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_dyr.htm
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 2 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856) – Dull Swirled Hawkmoth: Bombax ceiba, Microcos tomentosa, Helicteres isora, Kydia calycina, Sterculia villosa (Malvaceae), Sapindus trifoliatus, Schleichera trijuga (Sapindaceae), Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae)(Robinson et al.2010).
- Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, pg. 69,#91, fg.4
- Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Website accessed July 2015
- Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). Website accessed July 2015.
- 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 13600; Image 19. DOI.10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856) – Dull Swirled Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/marumba-dyras, accessed 2024/12/04.