Rhodoprasina callantha

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Rhodoprasina callantha
Rhodoprasina callantha MHNT CUT 2010 0 227 Doi Inthanon Chiang Mai Thailand male dorsal.jpg
Rhodoprasina callantha male dorsal
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Rhodoprasina callantha male ventral
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Rhodoprasina
Species:
R. callantha
Binomial name
Rhodoprasina callantha
Jordan, 1929 [1]

Rhodoprasina callantha, the small olive hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from north-eastern India across south-western China and northern Thailand to northern Vietnam. [2]

The wingspan is 90–120 mm.

Adults are on wing from January to April and again from August to November in Thailand.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus species, including Quercus fenestrata in India.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhodoprasina callantha Jordan, 1929 -- Small olive hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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