Macroglossum nycteris, Kollar

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6135023
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scientific name	Macroglossum nycteris
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M. nycteris Kollar View in CoL , [1844]

Plate 2, Fig. 34

Material examined. PAKISTAN, Islamabad, 15. iv. 2004, collector not known; 20. ii. 2005, Ather Rafi; NARC, 14. ii. 2006, Asad Ali; as previous except 30. xii. 2008, Shazia; as previous except, 30. i. 2012, Kamran Rehman; [Punjab,] Numbian, Murree, 18. iv. 2012, Waqas; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Jamrud, 30. xi. 1951, Nadir; as previous except 29. i. 1952, Rashid; as previous except 21. ii. 1952; as previous except 5. i. 1952, Hafeez; as previous except 12. i. 1952; as previous except 15. i. 1952; as previous except 17. xii. 1951, Mukhtar; as previous except 4. i. 1952; [Sindh,] Malir, Karachi, 20. vii. 1960, Ehsan; as previous except 7. vii. 1956.

Remarks. Macroglossum nycteris was recorded in Pakistan from Kund in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Chaudhry et al. (1966). It ranges east from Afghanistan along the southern margin of the Himalaya, through northern Myanmar and then northeastward across China to Beijing and Shandong ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).