Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 400

Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plate 2, Fig. 24

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Islamabad,] 27. viii. 2001, Ather Rafi; as previous except 28. viii. 2001; [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Pir Chinasi, Muzaffarabad, 24. v. 2009, A. Zia; Rawalakot, 2004, M. Rafique Khan; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Nathia Gali, 10. v. 2001, Dr Azhar ( PMNH); Dadar, 20. v. 2001, Riaz ( PMNH); Peshawar University, 6. v. 1972, G. N. Cheema; [Punjab,] Wah Cantt, 18. v. 2010, Anjum Shehzad; Sodhi, Noshehra, 17. vi. 2009, Asad Ali; [Sindh,] Dhamraha, Larkana, 21. iii. 1959, S. M. Din; Khairpur, 16. vii. 1958, M. Sultan; Sakrand, Nawab Shah, 22. iii. 2007, A. Zia; as previous except Amjad Bukhari; as previous except Ismail Bhatti; Malir, Karachi, 21. v. 1959, Azim; Karachi, 30. ix. 1949, T. H. Khan.

Remarks. Reported in Pakistan from Murree, Islamabad, Sialkot, Lahore and Faisalabad by Mehmood et al. (1996), and also from Shogran, Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Staven, 2001, unpublished data). This species has a wide distribution throughout the tropical and subtropical Old World, and regularly migrates into northern Europe and northern Asia ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).