Taxonomic Information
Rhagastis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 species known from India.
Rhagastis acuta (Walker, 1856). India: Karnataka, Kerala.
Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Rhagastis castanea (Moore, 1872). India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa.
Rhagastis castor (Walker, 1856). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu.
Rhagastis confusa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. India: Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Rhagastis gloriosa (Butler, 1875). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh ;Nepal.
Rhagastis lunata (Rothschild, 1900). India: Assam, Himalaya (Sanyal et al., 2018).
Rhagastis olivacea (Moore, 1872). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim; Nepal.
Rhagastis velata (Walker, 1866). India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Rhagastis velata forewing upperside with the four postmedian lines forming a conspicuous dark patch on the inner margin that is often continued towards the costa where it joins another (not always well-marked) patch near the discal spot; two or three of the postmedian lines usually strongly dentate. Forewing underside with brown border widened anterior to vein M3, sometimes almost as far as the basal area. Hindwing underside without a small black discal spot. Forewing apex not falcate. As notes from https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/r_vel.htm
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/r_vel.htm [accessed 30 August 2016]
- Sphingidae museum. http://en.sphingidae-museum.com/database/index.php?gen=Rhagastis&spec=velata&subsp= [accessed 30 August 2016]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Rhagastis velata (Walker, 1866) – Veiled Mottled Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/rhagastis-velata, accessed 2025/08/01.