Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875)

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh & Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek, 2021, Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 173-194 : 183-184

21. Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875) - Large Elephant Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 : C)

1875. Choerocampa macromera Butler, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 7.

Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 1 (25.1264ºN 94.4357ºE), 1930 m asl ,

23.vii.2019 - 1♂, IJ1415; Site 2 (25.1235ºN 94.4407ºE), 2036 m asl, 12.vii.2016 - 5♂, IJ329, IJ330, IJ331, IJ829, IJ830, 24.vii.2019 - 3♂, IJ1413, IJ1414, IJ1818; Site 4 (25.1112ºN 94.4534ºE), 2425 m asl, 25.vii.2019 - 4♂, IJ1598, IJ1599, IJ1600, IJ1601, coll. J.S. Irungbam.

Wingspan: ♂, 78 mm. Forewing length: 37 mm.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Himachal Pradesh ( Chandra et al., 2014); Manipur ( Mandal and Ghosh, 2004); Meghalaya ( Mandal and Ghosh, 1999); Sikkim, Uttarakhand ( Sanyal et al., 2018); West Bengal ( Shah et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Bhutan ( Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019); northern Myanmar, southern China ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020); northern Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); northern Vietnam ( Kitching and Spitzer, 1995).

Larval hostplants: Arisaema spp. and Amorphophallus spp. (both Araceae ) in India ( Bell and Scott, 1937).

Remarks: The species was earlier recorded from Mao, Senapati district, Manipur by Mandal and Ghosh (2004).

Figures

Figure 3. Image of adult Sphingidae: A. Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, (1858)); B. A. pseudonaga Butler, 1881; C. Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875); D. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758); E. H. rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892); F. Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758); G. T. clotho clotho (Drury, 1773); H. T. tibetiana Vaglia and Haxaire, 2010; I. T. lucasii (Walker, 1856); J. T. nessus nessus (Drury, 1773); K. T. oldenlandiae oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775); L. T. pallicosta (Walker, 1856); M. Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856); N. C. minor (Butler, 1875); O. Rhagastis albomarginatus albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894); P. R. castor aurifera (Butler, 1875); Q. R. confusa Rothschild and Jordan, 1903; R. R. olivacea (Moore, 1857).