Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe, 1892 is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe, 1892

Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe, 1892

Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth (Hippotion rosetta) is a sphingid moth first described in 1892, found across parts of Asia and Oceania.

Family
Genus
Hippotion
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hippotion rosetta Swinhoe, 1892

Hippotion rosetta, commonly known as Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth, is a species of sphingid moth that belongs to the family Sphingidae. This species was first formally described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its known distribution extends from southern Pakistan, India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka, eastward through Thailand, southern China, and Taiwan to reach the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Philippines. From there, it ranges south across southeast Asia to the Andaman Islands, eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, and the Torres Strait of New Guinea.

Photo: (c) Roger C. Kendrick, all rights reserved, uploaded by Roger C. Kendrick

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Hippotion

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