UP: Ground colour brown green; thorax with a white lateral stripe; abdomen with a pale white dorsal stripe, highlighted with spots on the segmental margins, and a white dorsolateral spot on each segment; FW with an oblique silvery band from the apex to the inner margin, with several more distal oblique brown lines and a whitish submarginal line; veins beyond the discal cell streaked black up to the black discal spot, followed by silvery streaks to the wing base; HW basal and tornal area bright pink; broad black medial and narrow submarginal bands separated by a row of broad pink patches, separated by the veins highlighted in black.
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📚 Overview
Description
G. Iyer & I.J. Kitching (2019). A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4694.11.5.13592-13604
| Attributions | G. Iyer & I.J. Kitching (2019). A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4694.11.5.13592-13604 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Identification Marks: Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown coloured; abdomen with a white spot on each segment between the dorsal white lines; a pair of silvery lateral string on each segment. Fore wing paler; some silvery streaks on the median nervure; the nervules beyond the cell streaked with silvery white and black; a silvery-white line from apex to near base of inner margin, followed by some ochreous and pale brown lines and white submarginal line; the markings are thus similar to oldenlandiae, except that the lines that come out white are different. Hind wings with the base and anal angle bright pink; disk blackish; the outer area is ochreous brown, with a black submarginal line and the nervules between it and the cell black. (W.S. 74 mm).
Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India
| Attributions | Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Widespread across the entire Old World tropics and subtropics, migratory into northern temperate regions.
G. Iyer & I.J. Kitching (2019). A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4694.11.5.13592-13604
| Attributions | G. Iyer & I.J. Kitching (2019). A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4694.11.5.13592-13604 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India and throughout the world except in the far North, New Zealand
Local Distribution
Western and Eastern Himalaya, southern India
Shubhalaxmi, V, R C Kendrick, Alka Vaidya, Neelima Kalagi, and Alaka Bhagwat. 2011. Inventory of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay … 108, no. 3: 183-205. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133057227.html.
| Attributions | Shubhalaxmi, V, R C Kendrick, Alka Vaidya, Neelima Kalagi, and Alaka Bhagwat. 2011. Inventory of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay … 108, no. 3: 183-205. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133057227.html. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
Global Distribution: India; Sri Lanka; Africa; Europe; Java; China; Thailand; Borneo; Hong Kong; Timor; Australia; Fiji; Arabia and Japan.
Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India
| Attributions | Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaA partial checklist of moths (Lepidoptera) of Dehradun, Mussoorie and Devalsari in Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaThe moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNotes on Hawk Moths ( Lepidoptera — Sphingidae ) in the Karwar-Dharwar transect , peninsular India : a tribute to T . R . D . Bell ( 1863-1948 ) 1
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Yash SondhiInventory of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India.
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Yash SondhiAn Assessment of Entomofauna for Management and Conservation of Biodiversity in the Gangotri Landscape, Uttarakhand
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Yash SondhiNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Lepidoptera |
| taxon:hierarchy.superfamily | Bombycoidea |
| Family | Sphingidae |
| Genus | Hippotion |
| Species | Hippotion celerio Linnaeus 1758 |
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