Kingdom Animalia Family Sphingidae Scientific name Cechenena lineosa Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Cechenena Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Theretra nessus, Butterflies and moths, Cechenena helops, Theretra, Theretra clotho | ||
Cechenena lineosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).
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Description
The wingspan is 74–120 mm. It is a variable species, with regard to both forewing upperside ground colour and pattern intensity. There are seven oblique postmedian lines on the forewing upperside. There is considerable variation in the brightness of the spaces between the bands. Both the forewing and hindwing underside ground colour is orange-beige. There is a pale buff median band of variable width located on the hindwing upperside.
Biology
Adults are swift flyers and visit flowers after dusk.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saurauia tristyla, Impatiens, Vitis and Polygonum species in India.