Angonyx testacea

Angonyx testacea

" Angonyx testacea", the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 54–64 mm.

Distribution

It is found in Nepal, northern India, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines. The isolated population in southern India and Sri Lanka is a separate species, namely "Angonyx krishna".

Behavior

There are several generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on wing from mid-February to early July, and again from late August to early January, with peaks in April, June, mid-October and late November.

The larvae have been recorded on "Strychnos nux-vomica" in India.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusAngonyx
SpeciesA. testacea
Photographed in
Philippines