Cechenena aegrota
| Cechenena aegrota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Cechenena |
| Species: | C. aegrota |
| Binomial name | |
| Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) | |
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Cechenena aegrota is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Butler in 1875.[1] It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, southern China (Hainan, Hong Kong) and Vietnam.[2]
Males in this species have a wingspan of 72-76 millimetres, while females have a wingspan of 88-92 millimetres. This species is sexually dichromatic, with females being darker and browner than males. Adults are on wing from March to December, with a main peak in April in Hong Kong.[3]
The larvae feed on Psychotria species.
Subspecies
- Cechenena aegrota aegrota
- Cechenena aegrota kueppersi Eitschberger, 2007 (northern Vietnam)
References
- ↑ "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009urn:lsid:cate-sphingidae.org:taxon:d7e1c487-6bf4-1014-884b-8757473e38d3". cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (10): 511–644.
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