Hemaris saundersii

Hemaris saundersii, or Saunders' bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from southern Kashmir, northern Pakistan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh) and north-eastern Afghanistan, eastwards along the Himalayan foothills of India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim) to Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.[2] The habitat consists of scrub-jungle at 1,800 to 3,000 metres altitude.

Hemaris saundersii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species:
H. saundersii
Binomial name
Hemaris saundersii
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia saundersii Walker, 1856
  • Macroglossa curtisii Boisduval, 1875

The wingspan is 50–60 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on ing in June in Kashmir and from April to May and again in July in Himachal Pradesh.

The larvae feed on Lonicera quinquelocularis in India.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris saundersii (Walker, 1856)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.


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