Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775

Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775

Hippotion boerhaviae is a moth with a 50–68 mm wingspan found across South, Southeast, East Asia and Oceania.

Family
Genus
Hippotion
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775

Hippotion boerhaviae, first described by Fabricius in 1775, has a wingspan ranging from 50 to 68 mm. This species is distributed across Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, south-eastern China (including Hong Kong and Guangdong), Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, eastern Australia, and New Caledonia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Hippotion

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

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