Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India
Abstract
The male and female genitalic features of four species of genus Hippotion Hübner viz. i.e. celerio (Linnaeus), echeclus (Boisduval), boerhaviae (Fabricius) and rafflesi (Butler) have been studied and illustrated. The genus diagnosis has been updated and a key to the species has been formulated.
Keywords
boerhaviae, celerio, echeclus, genitalia, Sphingidae and rafflesi.