List of moths of Nepal (Sphingidae)
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The following is a list of Sphingidae of Nepal. One-hundred and twenty-nine different species are listed.
This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2010 Lepidoptera of Nepal, which is based on Toshiro Haruta's Moths of Nepal (Vols. 1-6) with some recent additions and a modernized classification.
Subfamily Sphinginae
Agrius convolvuli - convolvulus hawkmoth
Megacorma obliqua - black-belted hawkmoth
Acherontia lachesis - greater death's head hawkmoth
Acherontia styx - lesser death's head hawkmoth
Meganoton analis - grey double-bristled hawkmoth
Meganoton rufescens rufescens - rosy double-bristled hawkmoth
Psilogramma increta - plain grey hawkmoth
Psilogramma menephron - large brown hawkmoth
Apocalypsis velox - bald hawkmoth
Pentateucha curiosa - hirsute hawkmoth
Pseudodolbina fo fo - acanthus hawkmoth
Thamnoecha uniformis - chir-pine hawkmoth
Dolbina inexacta - common grizzled hawkmoth
Subfamily Smerinthinae
Amplypterus mansoni - Manson's mango hawkmoth
Amplypterus panopus - mango hawkmoth
Ambulyx liturata liturata - violet gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx maculifera - spotted gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx ochracea - ochreous gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx placida - plain gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx sericeipennis agana - common gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx moorei - cinnamon gliding hawkmoth
Ambulyx substrigilis substrigilis - dark-based gliding hawkmoth
Clanis bilineata - two-lined velvet hawkmoth
Clanis deucalion - three-lined velvet hawkmoth
Clanis phalaris - common velvet hawkmoth
Clanis titan - scarce velvet hawkmoth
Clanis undulosa gigantia - wavy velvet hawkmoth
Leucophlebia lineata - large candy-striped hawkmoth
Polyptychus dentatus - straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth
Polyptychus trilineatus undatus - common crenulate hawkmoth
Marumba cristata - common swirled hawkmoth
Marumba dyras - dull swirled hawkmoth
Marumba gaschkewitschii irata
Marumba indicus - lesser swirled hawkmoth
Marumba spectabilis - rosy swirled hawkmoth
Marumba sperchius albicans - large swirled hawkmoth
Marumba sperchius gigas - large swirled hawkmoth
Morwennius decoratus - ornamented hawkmoth
Langia zenzeroides zenzeroides - apple hawkmoth
Rhodoprasina floralis - large olive hawkmoth
Clanidopsis exusta - white streaked hawkmoth
Craspedortha porphyria - purple hawkmoth
Cypa decolor - common cypa
Cypa uniformis - pale cypa
Smerinthulus perversa - lichenous hawkmoth
Degmaptera mirabilis - variegated hawkmoth
Callambulyx poecilus - lesser pink-and-green hawkmoth
Callambulyx rubricosa - large pink-and-green hawkmoth
Anambulyx elwesi - Elwes' pink-and-green hawkmoth
Phyllospingia dissimilis perundulans - brown-leaf hawkmoth
Sataspes infernalis - dull carpenter-bee hawkmoth
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Cephonodes hylas - common bumble-bee hawkmoth / coffee bee hawkmoth
Daphnis hypothous - jade hawkmoth
Daphnis nerii - oleander hawkmoth
Dahira rubiginosa - rosy dahira
Ampelophaga dolichoides - green banded hawkmoth
Ampelophaga khasiana khasiana - scarce vine hawkmoth
Ampelophaga rubiginosa harterti - common vine hawkmoth
Dahira obliquifascia - black-striped dahira
Dahira yunnanfuana - white-spot dahira
Dahira tridens - three-banded dahira
Elibia dolichus - large banded hawkmoth
Acosmeryx anceus subdentata - rosy forest hawkmoth
Acosmeryx naga naga - common forest hawkmoth
Acosmeryx omissa - obscure forest hawkmoth
Acosmeryx pseudonaga - false common forest hawkmoth
Acosmeryx sericeus - silky forest hawkmoth
Acosmeryx shervillii - dull forest hawkmoth
Eupanacra busiris - green rippled hawkmoth
Eupanacra metallica - metallic rippled hawkmoth
Eupanacra mydon - common rippled hawkmoth / alocasia hawkmoth
Eupanacra perfecta - model rippled hawkmoth
Eupanacra sinuata - sinuous rippled hawkmoth
Eupanacra variolosa - brown rippled hawkmoth
Angonyx testacea - northern dark-green hawkmoth
Enpinanga assamensis - lesser dimorphic hawkmoth / assam hawkmoth
Nephele didyma f.
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