Eupanacra busiris
Species of moth
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Eupanacra busiris, the green rippled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Eupanacra |
| Species: | E. busiris |
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Distribution
Description
The wingspan is 68–82 mm.
Biology
Adults are on wing from late March to late August in Hong Kong. They fly at dusk and are attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta.
The larvae have been recorded on Lasia species and Pothos scandens in India.
Subspecies
- Eupanacra busiris busiris (Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), Nepal, north-eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China and Vietnam)[3]
- Eupanacra busiris atima (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915) (India)
- Eupanacra busiris marina (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915) (Andaman Islands)
- Eupanacra busiris myosotis Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 (Sulawesi)
- Eupanacra busiris schuetzi Hogenes & Treadaway, 1996 (the Philippines)
