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

M. nycteris Kollar , [ 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).