Craspedortha porphyria Butler, 1876 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Craspedortha porphyria Butler, 1876

Craspedortha porphyria Butler, 1876

Craspedortha porphyria is a moth species found across parts of East and Southeast Asia with a roughly 60 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Craspedortha
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Craspedortha porphyria Butler, 1876

Craspedortha porphyria (Butler, 1876) has a wingspan of approximately 60 millimeters. On the upperside of its forewing, the base ground colour is a mix of brown and pale grey tones marked with pale purple highlights. A distinct dark, roughly pentagonal patch occurs on the median area of the forewing. Larvae of this species have been documented feeding on Vitex canescens in Laos and Thailand. This species is distributed across Nepal, north-eastern India, Myanmar, southern China, and extends south to Vietnam and central Thailand. It is also found on Java.

Photo: (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cheongweei Gan · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Craspedortha

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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