Macroglossum belis (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 : 403

Macroglossum belis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plate 2, Fig. 33

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] Margalla Hills, 15. viii. 2006, Amir Sultan; as previous except 16. viii. 2006; as previous except 17. ix. 2001, collector not known; Rawal Lake, 0 3. vii. 2007, Amjad Bukhari; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Thandyani road, Abbottabad, 0 9. viii. 2006, Bilal; Buner, 13. viii. 2006, Falak Naz.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Pakistan. Macroglossum belis is found from northern Pakistan, east and south throughout India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, to the southern coast of China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).