Nephele hespera  (Fabricius, 1775)

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

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• Common names: Crepuscular hawk Moth
• Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,Vietnam, Southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
• Image locations: Chaiyaphum
• Additional notes: Attracted to Blacklight

Image locations

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Images of Nephele hespera from Thailand.

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775) Female Chaiyaphum December

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775) Female Chaiyaphum December

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775) Male Chaiyaphum July

Nephele hespera (Fabricius, 1775) Male Chaiyaphum July

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References: ​
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic​