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The '''Mango hawkmoth''', ('''''Amplypterus panopus'''''), is a [[moth]] of the [[Sphingidae]] family. It is found in [[Sri Lanka]], southern and northern [[India]] (including the [[Andaman Islands]] and [[Nicobar Islands]]), [[Nepal]], [[Burma]], southern [[China]], [[Thailand]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Indonesia]] (to Sulawesi) and the [[Philippines]].<ref name="mangohawkmoth">{{cite web | url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_pan.htm | title=Mango Hawkmoth | publisher=Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic species list | accessdate=5 July 2016 | author=Pittaway, A.R. |
The '''Mango hawkmoth''', ('''''Amplypterus panopus'''''), is a [[moth]] of the [[Sphingidae]] family. It is found in [[Sri Lanka]], southern and northern [[India]] (including the [[Andaman Islands]] and [[Nicobar Islands]]), [[Nepal]], [[Burma]], southern [[China]], [[Thailand]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Indonesia]] (to Sulawesi) and the [[Philippines]].<ref name="mangohawkmoth">{{cite web | url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_pan.htm | title=Mango Hawkmoth | publisher=Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic species list | accessdate=5 July 2016 | author=Pittaway, A.R. |author2=Kitching, I.J. |last-author-amp=yes}}</ref> |
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== Description == |
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The Mango hawkmoth, (Amplypterus panopus), is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and northern India (including the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands), Nepal, Burma, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia (to Sulawesi) and the Philippines.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 130–168 mm.
Biology
Adults are on wing in March, April, June, August and December in Hong Kong.
Larvae have been recorded on Dracontomelum, Mangifera indica, Rhus, Durio, Calophyllum and Garcinia.
In, The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-1, the species described as follows.
"Head, thorax, and terminal segments of abdomen golden brown; the proximal segments pale. Fore wing purplish flesh-color; some brown waved lines near the base; then an oblique band; some waved brown lines from the costa to lower angle of cell; an oblique post-medial band; a highly waved and irregular whitish submarginal line; a dark ocellus near outer angle. Hind wing flesh-color, the outer area brown; the disk suffused with pink; antemedial, medial, and two postmedial lines, the last two angled below the costa. Underside much mottled with yellow. The Andaman and Burmese form pavonina is much darker, especially the basal segements of the abdomen. Larva grey and granulose, with a subdorsal yellow spotted line from the head to the horn; the 4th to 10th somites with oblique yellow lateral stripes; horn tuberculate."
Subspecies
- Amplypterus panopus panopus
- Amplypterus panopus hainanensis Eitschberger, 2006 (Hainan)
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Pittaway, A.R.; Kitching, I.J. "Mango Hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic species list. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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