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Deilephila rivularis

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Species of moth

Chitral elephant hawk moth
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Deilephila
Species: D. rivularis
Binomial name
Deilephila rivularis
(Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Choerocampa rivularis Boisduval, 1875
  • Chaerocampa fraterna Butler, 1875

Deilephila rivularis, the Chitral elephant hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It is found in east and central Afghanistan, Pakistan (north of Karachi) and in northern India (east to Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh).

The wingspan is 64–82 mm.

The larvae feed on Arisaema and Impatiens species in India.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Deilephila rivularis (Boisduval, [1875])". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Deilephila rivularis


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