Taxonomic Information
List of Angonyx Boisduval, [1875] known from India.
Angonyx krishna Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006, Karnataka (Melichar, 2012), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching,2019).
Angonyx Testacea (Walker, 1856), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka (
Angonyx testacea is similar species in North India, where this species does not occur.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/189 [accessed 25 November 2016]
- [accessed 25 November 2016]
- Iyer, G. & I.J. Kitching. 2019. A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. Pg:13596; Image 10. DOI.10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Angonyx krishna Eitschberger & Haxaire, 2006 – Southern Dark-green Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/angonyx-krishna, accessed 2023/09/24.