Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic - Marumba saishiuana saishiuana

MARUMBA SAISHIUANA SAISHIUANA Okamoto, 1924

Fresh male Marumba saishiuana saishiuana, Kashitaki, Tsushima, Japan. Photo: © Yoshiaki Sakai.

Male Marumba saishiuana saishiuana. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Marumba saishiuana Okamoto, 1924, Bull. agric. Exp. Stn Gov.-Gen. Chosen 1: 96. Type locality: [South Korea,] Quelpart Island [Cheju-do].

ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Resting male Marumba saishiuana saishiuana, Tsushima, Japan. Photo: © Yoshiaki Sakai.

Wingspan: 75--78mm.

ADULT BIOLOGY

FLIGHT-TIME

China: vi (Yunnan; Fujian); vi-vii (Zhejiang); viii (Fujian). Japan: 3.vi-2.vii (Tsushima).

Park et al. (1999) give May until July as the flight period in Korea.

EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.

PARASITOIDS

Unknown.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan, 1500-1600m); Yunnan (Laojun Shan, 2579m; nr. Yingjiang, Tongbinguan, 1180m); Fujian (Guangze, 1200m; Wuyi Shan).

South Korea: South Cholla Prov. (Baekyang Temple; Wolchul-san; Jin-do); South Kyongsang Prov. (Geoje-do); Cheju Prov. (Cheju-do; Halla-san; Seoguipo; Sungpanak).

Japan: Tsushima (Sasuna; Mt. Konoki; Mt. Oboshi; Kashitaki).

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Confined to southeastern China, southern South Korea, Japan (Tsushima Island only), northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. On Taiwan it is replaced by subsp. formosana Matsumura.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

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