Cechenena aegrota

Cechenena aegrota
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cechenena
Species:	C. aegrota
Binomial name
	Cechenena aegrota; (Butler, 1875)
Synonyms
	Pergesa aegrota Butler, 1875; Cechenena albicosta Tutt, 1904; Cechenena aegrota occidentalis Clark, 1935;

Cechenena aegrota, the mottled green hawkmoth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.^[1] It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, southern China (Hainan, Hong Kong) and Vietnam.^[2]

Female dorsal
Female ventral

Males in this species have a wingspan of 72-76 millimetres, while females have a wingspan of 88-92 millimetres. This species is sexually dichromatic, with females being darker and browner than males. Adults are on wing from March to December, with a main peak in April in Hong Kong.^[3]

The larvae feed on Psychotria species.

Subspecies

Cechenena aegrota aegrota
Cechenena aegrota kueppersi Eitschberger, 2007 (northern Vietnam)

References

^ "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009urn:lsid:cate-sphingidae.org:taxon:d7e1c487-6bf4-1014-884b-8757473e38d3". cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) -- Mottled green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
^ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009urn:lsid:cate-sphingidae.org:taxon:d7e1c487-6bf4-1014-884b-8757473e38d3". cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) -- Mottled green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

[3] Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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