''Callambulyx rubricosa'', the large pink-and-green hawkmoth, is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Distribution

It is known from the

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

, north-eastern

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

, south-western China,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

and

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...

Description

The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is about 132 mm. It is very similar to '' Callambulyx amanda'', but the hindwing upperside lacks a prominent black marking near the tornus. Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 77 Assam female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal view Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 77 Assam female ventral.jpg, Female ventral view

Subspecies

*''Callambulyx rubricosa rubricosa'' (Nepal, north-eastern India, south-western China, Thailand and Vietnam) *''Callambulyx rubricosa piepersi'' (Snellen, 1880) (Laos and Java) Callambulyx rubricosa piepersi MHNT CUT 2010 0 14 Ban Van Laos male dorsal.jpg, Male Callambulyx rubricosa piepersi MHNT CUT 2010 0 14 Ban Van Laos male ventral.jpg, Male underside Callambulyx rubricosa piepersi MHNT CUT 2010 0 14 Ban Van Laos female dorsal.jpg, Female Callambulyx rubricosa piepersi MHNT CUT 2010 0 14 Ban Van Laos female ventral.jpg, Female underside

References

External links

''A checklist of hawk moths, Family Sphingidae of Thailand'' บัญชีรายชื่อผีเสื้อจรวดของประเทศไทย
Callambulyx Moths of Asia Moths described in 1856 {{Smerinthini-stub