ELIBIA DOLICHUS (Westwood, 1847)

Female Elibia dolichus. Photo: © BMNH Male Elibia dolichus. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Sphinx (Choerocampa) dolichus Westwood, 1847, Cabinet oriental Ent.: [61], pl. 30, fig. 1. Type locality: [Bangladesh,] Silhet [Sylhet].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 120--146mm.


Adult Elibia dolichus, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:


Final instar, green form larva of Elibia dolichus, Bintulu Div., Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming

PUPA:


Pupa of Elibia dolichus, Bintulu Div., Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming

Larval hostplants. Saurauia, Leea, Cayratia and Tetrastigma (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, [1996] 1997).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong; Hainan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh, Thailand, southern China, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java) to the Philippines (Palawan Island).


Global distribution of Elibia dolichus. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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