Hippotion Celerio
''Hippotion celerio'', the vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution It is found in Africa and central and southern Asia of India, Sri Lanka and, as a migrant in southern Europe and Australia. Description The forewing is typically long. Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Noumea male dorsal.jpg, Male Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Noumea male ventral.jpg, Male underside Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Malaysia female dorsal.jpg, Female Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Malaysia female ventral.jpg, Female underside Colouring and marks The body and forewing of the adult moth are green and ochre. They have silvery white dots and streaks, with a silvery band running obliquely on the forewing. The hindwing is red near its lower angle ( tornus) to pinkish over other parts of the wing. It is crossed by a black bar and black vein ...
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writ