Theretra Alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kaustubh, Kumar, Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Mahboob Hassan, S. M., 2022, A preliminary Checklist of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) from Saranda forest division, Jharkhand, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 433-445 : 435-436

3. Theretra Alecto (Linnaeus, 1758) (Plate 1: Figure 2 ) Material Examined: India: Jharkhand, Saranda Forest, Kiriburu (22˚07.066 ‘N; 85˚17.831 ‘E), 897.7 masl ,

15.vi.2017 - 1ex., 02.x.2018 - 2ex. (Coll. by K. Kaustubh).

Distribution: India: AndamanIslands, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Greece, Bulgaria, southern and eastern Turkey, Transcaucasia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, southern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and, southern

China, Taiwan, southern Japan, Philippines and Indonesia ( Chandra et al., 2014, Irungbam, et al., 2021).

Host Plants: Mentioned in Robinson , et al., (2001) .

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Figure 2. Survey-cum- collection localities in Saranda Forest Division, Jharkhand. Abbreviation: NZCZSI- National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna, Bihar, India; Localities within survey area: KRB- Kiriburu; BRB- Baraiburu; MAN- Manoharpur; JAR- Jaraikela; BBM- B. B. Mines; THO- Tholkobad