Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 405

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:933EF6C6-A5BA-4CD3-B0B1-EA4205F36A84
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6135051
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787F8-4108-9E66-EBAD-4548FC85F8F2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)
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Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) View in CoL

Plate 3, Fig. 43

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Punjab,] Kala Shah Kaku, 12. vii. 2012, Saleem Akhtar ( NIBGE).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Pakistan. Hippotion boerhaviae has a broad range, from northeastern Pakistan, through India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, southeastern China ( Hong Kong and Guangdong), Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea, to eastern Australia, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013). Adults can only be reliably distinguished from H. rosetta by examination of the male genitalia; the larvae are more distinct.