Apocalypsis velox

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Apocalypsis velox
Apocalypsis velox MHNT CUT 2010 0 94 Assam India Male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal view
Apocalypsis velox MHNT CUT 2010 0 94 Assam India Male ventral.jpg
Male ventral view
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Apocalypsis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
A. velox
Binomial name
Apocalypsis velox
(Butler, 1876) [1]

Apocalypsis velox is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Apocalypsis in the family Sphingidae. The genus erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. The species was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876, and is found from north-eastern India and from south-western China to northern Vietnam. [2]

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Description

The wingspan is about 136 mm. The forewing upperside pattern is similar to that of Euryglottis aper .

Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Callicarpa arborea in India.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Apocalypsis velox velox Butler, 1876 -- Bald hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.