Cechenena helops

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.

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

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.

  • Cechenena helops helops, female dorsal view
  • Cechenena helops helops, female ventral view

Biology

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera species.

Subspecies
  • Cechenena helops helops (Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac), Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, south-western China, Vietnam) [2]
  • Cechenena helops interposita Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (Seram)
  • Cechenena helops papuana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Papua Barat and Papua New Guinea)[3]
  • Cechenena helops papuana, female dorsal view
  • Cechenena helops papuana, female ventral view

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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