Marumba dyras

Marumba dyras dyras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Marumba
Species:	M. dyras
Binomial name
Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
Smerinthus dryas Walker, 1856 Marumba dryas Boisduval, 1875 Triptogon andamana Moore, 1877 Triptogon ceylanica Butler, 1875 Triptogon fuscescens Butler, 1875 Triptogon massuriensis Butler, 1875 Triptogon oriens Butler, 1875 Triptogon silhetensis Butler, 1875 Triptogon sinensis Butler, 1875 Smerinthus horsfieldi Moore, 1858 Smerinthus parallelis Moore, 1858 Marumba dyras ceylonica Kernbach, 1960 Marumba dyras handeliioides Mell, 1937 Marumba dyras plana Clark, 1923 Marumba dyras tonkinensis Clark, 1936 Marumba dyras digitata Dupont, 1941 Marumba dyras disjuncta Dupont, 1941 Marumba dyras sumatrana Gehlen, 1940 Triptogon dyras javanica Butler, 1875

Marumba dyras is a species of hawk moth. It is found in south-east Asia.

From the Western Ghats

The wingspan is 90–125 mm.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees.

Subspecies

• Marumba dyras dyras (from northwestern India and Sri Lanka, east through Nepal, Myanmar, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and Taiwan)^[2]
• Marumba dyras javanica (Butler, 1875) (Java, Sumatra)
• Marumba dyras tenimberi Clark, 1935 (Tenimber Island)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Marumba dyras dyras'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.