Cechenena helops

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Cechenena helops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cechenena
Species:
C. helops
Binomial name
Cechenena helops
Walker, 1856 [1]
Synonyms
  • Philampelus orientalisR. Felder, 1874

Cechenena helops is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Seram, Papua New Guinea), the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac), Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, south-western China and Vietnam.

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Description

Their wingspan is 104 to 126 millimetres (4.1 to 5.0 in). Adults are grey green with a large oval olive-brown spot at the base of the forewing upperside.

Biology

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera species.

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechenena helops helops (Walker, 1856) -- Spotted green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechenena helops papuana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 -- Spotted green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


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