Leucophlebia emittens Walker, 1866

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 : 396

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6134952
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scientific name	Leucophlebia emittens Walker, 1866
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Plate 1, Fig. 8

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] Simli Dam, 16. vii. 2012, Saleem Akhtar ( NIBGE).

Remarks. This species was first recorded from Pakistan (Margalla Hills (Islamabad and Balakot) by Eitschberger (2003). Leucophlebia emittens is distributed primarily in India (northwestern Himalaya, Sikkim, and the Western Ghats in the south) ( Bell & Scott, 1937), with scattered records in the centre.

References

Bell, T. R. D. & Scott, F. B. (1937) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. 5 Sphingidae. Taylor and Francis Ltd, London, xviii + 537 pp.

Eitschberger, U. (2003) Revision und Neugliederung der Schwarmer-Gattung Leucophlebia Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologischen Nachrichten, 56, 1 - 400.