Hippotion rafflesii

Raffles' striated hawkmoth
	Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii male upperside
	Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. rafflesii
Binomial name
	Hippotion rafflesii; Disputed. Authority is either (Moore 1858)[1] or (Butler, 1877)[2]
Synonyms
	Deilephila rafflesii Moore, 1858; Chaerocampa theylia Hampson, 1893; Chaerocampa vinacea Hampson, 1893;

Hippotion rafflesii, the Raffles' striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[3] It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and the Philippines.[4]

Description

The wingspan is 56–70 mm. It is very similar in color to Hippotion boerhaviae, but the upperside of the body and forewings is deeper brown. The hindwing upperside has an orange-pink tornal patch.[5]

Female dorsal
Female ventral

Biology

There are multiple generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on wing from late April to late December. Adults are attracted to flowers, including members of the genus Ixora and Lantana camara.

Larvae feed on Impatiens species, but have also been recorded on Amaranthus species in Laos and Thailand.

Subspecies

Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii
Hippotion rafflesii dyokeae Hogenes & Treadaway, 1998 (Philippines)

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
"Hippotion rafflesii (Butler, 1877)". Insecta.pro. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
"Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858)". Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
"Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii (Moore, [1858])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii (Moore, [1858]) -- Raffles' striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] "Hippotion rafflesii (Butler, 1877)". Insecta.pro. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

[3] "Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858)". Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[4] "Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii (Moore, [1858])". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[5] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion rafflesii rafflesii (Moore, [1858]) -- Raffles' striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.