Amplypterus panopus
species of moth
Amplypterus panopus, the mango hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and northern India (including the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands), Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia (to Sulawesi) and the Philippines.
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 dao, Mangifera indica, Rhus, Durio, Calophyllum and Garcinia.
In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, the species is 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.
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