Hippotion celerio, Linnaeus, 1758

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 3794 (3), pp. 393-418 : 406

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6135053
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scientific name	Hippotion celerio
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H. celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Plate 3, Fig. 44

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] NARC, 30. xi. 2011, Falak Naz; [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Muzaffarabad, 22. ix. 1959, A. S. K. Ghouri; Rawalakot, 11. iii. 2005, M. Rafique Khan; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Dadar, 20. v. 2001, Fiaz ( PMNH); Taimergarha, 14. x. 1963, ( CABI); [Punjab,] Rawalpindi, 5. x. 1959, ( CABI), [Sindh,] Malir, Karachi, 24. x. 1959, Altaf; as previous except 9. ii. 1960, Alam.

Remarks. This species was recorded in Pakistan from Balakot by Mohyuddin (1987), and from Murree, Sialkot and Faisalabad by Mehmood et al. (1996). It has a very broad distribution in tropical Africa, Asia and Australia ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).