''Pergesa'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, ''Pergesa acteus'', the green pergesa hawkmoth, was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

Distribution

It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, India, Nepal,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, Thailand, eastern and southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Taiwan,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

(the Ryukyu Archipelago), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

, Java,

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

) and the Philippines.

Description

The wingspan is 64–80 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen are purplish grey, which differs from '' Theretra nessus''. Vertex of head and a dorso-lateral stripe to thorax and abdomen is green. Forewings are purplish grey with a green oblique central area from below apex to inner margin with some indistinct lines on it. There is an irregular dark outer area with some yellow inside it. Hindwings with anal patch and submarginal band are pointed. Larvae are greenish with a dark dorsal line, and a subdorsal pale line on thoracic somites. The fourth somite has a large ocellus, which is white ringed with brown and centered with blue and green. The ocelli on the fifth to tenth somites are bluish with yellow centers. Lateral area is greenish and horn is yellowish. The caterpillars feed on ''

Alocasia odora ''Alocasia odora'' (also called night-scented lily, Asian taro or giant upright elephant ear) is a flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia (Japan, China, Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Taiwan). In Manipur, local name is Hoomu. '' ...

'', ''

Syngonium podophyllum ''Syngonium podophyllum'' is a species of aroid that is a popular houseplant. Common names include: arrowhead plant, arrowhead vine, arrowhead philodendron, goosefoot,nephthytis, African evergreen, and American evergreen. The species is native to ...

'', ''

Amorphophallus ''Amorphophallus'' (from Ancient Greek , "without form, misshapen" + ''phallos'', "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the ''Arum'' family ...

'', '' Arisaema'', '' Caladium'', '' Colocasia'', '' Dieffenbachia'', ''

Begonia ''Begonia'' is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown ind ...

'', ''

Commelina ''Commelina'' is a genus of approximately 170 species commonly called dayflowers due to the short lives of their flowers. They are less often known as widow's tears. It is by far the largest genus of its family, Commelinaceae. The Swedish taxonom ...

'', ''

Leea ''Leea'' (Tagalog: ''Talyantan'') is a genus of plants that are distributed throughout Northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, South and Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. The APG IV system places ''Leea'' in the subfamily Leeoideae (Vitacea ...

'', '' Cissus'' and '' Vitis'' species. Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Padang Bovenlanden, Sumatra, Indonesie, male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Padang Bovenlanden, Sumatra, Indonesie, male ventral.jpg, Male △ ventral Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Poona Maharashtra India, female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Pergesa acteus MHNT CUT 2010 0 358 Poona Maharashtra India, female ventral.jpg, Female △ ventral Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 2.xi .2014) (D. Kruger) Eggs.jpg, Eggs Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 5, 17.i.2015) (D. Kruger) L3 3.jpg, Caterpillar Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 5, 25.i.2015) (D. Kruger) prepupa.jpg, Caterpillar File:Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 17.ix .2014) (D. Kruger) L5.jpg, Caterpillar with extended eyespot File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 4.jpg, Caterpillar with eyespots in their resting state File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 3.jpg, Front view with the head and the thoracic segments retracted into the body. File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar 2.jpg, Dorsal view of Pergesa acteus caterpillar. File:Pergesa acteus caterpillar.jpg, ''Pergesa acteus'' caterpillar from one side Pergesa acteus (Thailand, Nonthaburi, Bang Bua Thong, Soi Mu Ban Bua Thong 4, 17.ix .2014) (D. Kruger) pupa 3.jpg, Pupa Pergesa acteus lemon.jpg, Imago side

References

Macroglossini Moths described in 1779 Moths of Japan Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Macroglossini-stub