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Hippotion echeclus, the black-based striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. *

Hippotion echeclus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. echeclus
Binomial name
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, 1875 Chaerocampa elegans Butler, 1875

Distribution

It is known from southern and eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern China, southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumba) and the Philippines (Luzon, Bohol).[2]

Description

The wingspan is 64–84 mm.

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  Female dorsal
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  Female ventral

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.

References

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Hippotion echeclus est une espèce de lépidoptères de la famille des Sphingidae, de la sous-famille des Macroglossinae, de la tribu des Macroglossini et du genre Hippotion.

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