Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 404

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775)

Plate 2, Fig. 36

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Gilgit Baltistan,] Passu, 30. ix. 1987, Fida ( PMNH); [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Dunga Gali, 2. ix. 2002, Fiaz Fida; Islamabad, 28. vi. 2001, Ather Rafi; as previous except 24. vii. 2001; as previous except 27. vii. 2001; as previous except 29. viii. 2001; [Islamabad,] NARC, 29. ix. 2005, Rashid; as previous except 29. viii. 2001, Ather Rafi; as previous except 31. v. 2005; as previous except 8. xi. 2010; as previous except 23. viii.2006, Khurram; as previous except 20. x. 2006, Falak Naz; [Islamabad,] Margalla Hills, 0 5. vii. 2006, Falak Naz; [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Pir Chinasi, Muzaffarabad, 24. v. 2009, A. Zia; Sudhan Gali, Bagh, 29. viii. 2009, Asad Ali; Bhimber, 10. x. 2001, collector not known; [Sindh,] Malir, Karachi, 1959, M. Sultan.

Remarks. Nephele hespera was recorded in Pakistan from Faisalabad (as N. didyma f. didyma and N. didyma f. hespera ) by Mehmood et al. (1996). It occurs from Afghanistan and Pakistan, east across Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, to southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java. It has also been recorded from southern Papua New Guinea and on the islands of Dauan and Warraber off the northern tip of Queensland, Australia ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).