Nephele hespera

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Hawk moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species: N. hespera
Binomial name
Nephele hespera
(Fabricius, 1775,

Nephele hespera is a sphingid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Burma Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Food plant for caterpillars is Carissa congesta commonly called as Karwanda in Maharastra, India

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