Hippotion velox

Hippotion velox

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. velox
Binomial name
*Hippotion velox* (Fabricius, 1793)^[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx velox Fabricius, 1793 Sphinx phoenyx Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 Sphinx vigil Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Panacra rosea Rothschild, 1894 Panacra pseudovigil Rothschild, 1894 Panacra lignaria Walker, 1856 Panacra lifuensis Rothschild, 1894 Panacra griseola Rothschild, 1894 Hippotion taiwanensis Riotte, 1975 Hippotion tainanensis Clark, 1932 Hippotion obanawae Matsumura, 1909 Hippotion noel Clark, 1923 Hippotion japenum Riotte, 1994 Hippotion beddoesii Clark, 1922 Choerocampa yorkii Boisduval, 1875 Chaerocampa swinhoei Moore, 1866

Hippotion velox is a species of Sphingid moth or the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji and New Caledonia, north to Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern Japan.

The wingspan is 54-76 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Nyctaginaceae and Rubiaceae species, including Ipomoea, Boerhavia and Morinda species.

References

Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic