Cechenena helops

Cechenena helops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cechenena
Species: C. helops
Binomial name
Cechenena helops
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
Synonyms
  • Philampelus orientalis R. Felder, 1874

Cechenena helops is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Seram, Papua New Guinea), the Philippines (Palawan, Balabac), Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, south-western China and Vietnam.

The wingspan is 104-126 mm. Adults are grey-green species with a large oval olive-brown spot at the base of the forewing upperside.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera species.

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cechenena/helops.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Cechenena helops helops'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/c_pap.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  3. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Cechenena helops papuana'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/c_pap.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-20.