SMERINTHULUS PERVERSA PERVERSA (Rothschild, 1895)

Female Smerinthulus perversa perversa. Photo: © BMNH Female Smerinthulus perversa perversa. Photo: © BMNH Male Smerinthulus perversa perversa. Photo: © BMNH Male Smerinthulus perversa perversa. Photo: © BMNH Fresh Smerinthulus perversa perversa, Thailand. Photo: © Adam Cotton

TAXONOMY

Cypa perversa Rothschild, 1895, Novit. zool. 2: 28. Type locality: [India,] Assam [Meghalaya], Khasia Hills [Khasi Hills].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 62--90mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Sichuan (Pingdijie, nr Panzhihua).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India, northern Burma/Myanmar, southwestern China and Thailand.


Global distribution of Smerinthulus perversa perversa. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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