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Rhagastis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Rhagastis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; , TS: ? velata Walker
Rhagastis (Choerocampina) ; [HMW, 19]

Rhagastis albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894)

NE.Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Burma, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. See [About maps] Metopsilus albomarginatus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 78, TL: Khasia Hills, Assam
nubilosa Bryk, 1944

= ; [HMW]

Rhagastis albomarginatus ; [HMW]

Larva on Dichroa, Hydrangea, Vitis [MOB3, 181]

R. a. dichroae Mell, 1922

Hong Kong centrosinaria Chu & Wang, 1980

= ; [HMW]

Rhagastis albomarginatus dichroae, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis albomarginatus dichroae ; [HMW]

R. a. everetti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Rhagastis albomarginatus everetti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; 799 [Sundanian]
Rhagastis joyceyi Clark, 1924; Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, 9: 21

= ; [HMW]

Rhagastis albomarginatus everetti ; [HMW]

Rhagastis castor (Walker, 1856)

NE.Himalayas, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. See [About maps] Pergesa castor Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 153
?Metopsilus aurantiacus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 78
Rhagastis aurifera sumatranus Clark, 1924; Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, 9: 20
Rhagastis javanica Roepke, 1941; in Dupont & Roepke: 89

Larva on Amorphophallus, Vitis [MOB3, 181]

R. c. aurifera (Butler, 1875)

Pergesa aurifera Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875 : 7 [NE.Himalayas]
Rhagastis castor aurifera, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis castor aurifera ; [HMW]

R. c. jordani Oberthür, 1904

chinensis Mell, 1922

= ; [HMW]

Rhagastis castor jordani, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis castor jordani ; [HMW]

R. c. formosana Clark, 1925

Rhagastis castor formosana, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis castor formosana ; [HMW]

Rhagastis olivacea (Moore, 1872)

NW.Himalayas. See [About maps] Pergesa olivacea Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2) : 567, TL: Simla, NW.Himalayas, 7000ft
Rhagastis olivacea, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis olivacea ; [HMW]

Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907

Nias, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [About maps] Rhagastis rubetra Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (1): 95
Rhagastis mjobergi Clark, 1923; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 8 : 69
Rhagastis rubetra, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Rhagastis rubetra ; [HMW]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[MOB3]

Holloway, 1987; The Moths of Borneo, Part 3; Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae; (1998 reprint)

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Butler, 1875

Descriptions of thirty-three new or littleknown species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875 : 3-16, pl. 1-2

Clark, 1923

Thirty-three new Sphingidae Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 8 : 47-77

Moore, 1872

Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2) : 555-583, pl. 32-34

Rothschild, 1894

Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species Novit. Zool. 1 (1) : 65-98, pl. 5-7

Rothschild & Jordan, 1907

New Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 14 (1): 92-95

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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