Taxonomic Information
List of Hippotion Hübner, [1819] known from India.
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775), Jharkhand (Sambath, 2011), Madhya Pradesh (Chandra et al., 2013), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Punjab (Singh and Kaur,2020), West Bengal (Mishra, 2018).
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758), Karnataka (Channi et al., 2017), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014), Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Sondhi 2016), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al.,2013), Punjab ( Pathiana et al., 2014).
Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858), Nepal, Karnataka (Melichar, 2012).
Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu, (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Deilephila rafflesii Moore, [1858], In: Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lepid. Ins. Mus. East India Company 1: 276. Type locality: [Indonesia,] Java [Jawa].
- https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1250
- https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_raf.htm
Note: Provisionally identified by Ian Kitching. Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, [1858]), Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) and Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) are reliably separated by comparing genitalia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, [1858]) – Raffles' Striated Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/hippotion-rafflesii, accessed 2024/04/19.