Hippotion rafflesii

Raffles' striated hawkmoth
Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii male upperside
Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Hippotion
Species: H. rafflesii
Binomial name
Hippotion rafflesii
Disputed. Authority is either (Moore 1858)[1] or (Butler, 1877)[2]
Synonyms
  • Deilephila rafflesii Moore, 1858
  • Chaerocampa theylia Hampson, 1893
  • Chaerocampa vinacea Hampson, 1893

Hippotion rafflesii, the Raffles' striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[3] It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and the Philippines.[4]

Description

The wingspan is 56–70 mm. It is very similar in color to Hippotion boerhaviae, but the upperside of the body and forewings is deeper brown. The hindwing upperside has an orange-pink tornal patch.[5]

Biology

There are multiple generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on wing from late April to late December. Adults are attracted to flowers, including members of the Ixora genus and Lantana camara.

Larvae feed on Impatiens species, but have also been recorded on Amaranthus species in Laos and Thailand.

Subspecies

  • Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii
  • Hippotion rafflesii dyokeae Hogenes & Treadaway, 1998 (Philippines)

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)". Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858)". Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii (Moore, [1858])". jpmoth.org. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  • Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.


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