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Hippotion velox  (Fabricius, 1793)


Home > Insects > Lepidoptera - Moths > ​​Bombycoidea​ > Sphingidae > ​​​​​​​​​Hippotion velox

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: ​Sphingidae
Subfamily: ​Macroglossinae
​Tribe: ​​Macroglossini
Genus: Hippotion
Species: velox


  • Common names: Dark Striated Hawk moth
  • Distribution: The entire Oriental and Australasian biogeographical regions, i.e. from India to Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji, and north to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southern Japan.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum
  • Additional notes: Attracted to Blacklight
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Image locations

Images of Hippotion velox from Thailand.
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Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) Chaiyaphum november
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Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) Chaiyaphum November
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Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) Chaiyaphum november

References: 
​Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic​
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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