Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Pergesa acteus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pergesa Rank Species | |
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Similar Pergesa, Butterflies and moths, Theretra, Theretra nessus, Theretra clotho | ||
Green hawk moth pergesa acteus
Pergesa acteus (green pergesa hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Japan (the Ryukyu Archipelago), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and the Philippines (Palawan).
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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 in color. Fore wings 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. Hind wings with anal patch and submarginal band are pointed.
Larva greenish and a dark dorsal line, and a subdorsal pale line on thoracic somites. 4th somite has a large ocellus, which is white ringed with brown and centered with blue and green. Ocelli on 5th to 10th somites is bluish with yellow centered. Lateral area is greenish and horn is yellowish. The caterpillars feed on Alocasia odora, Syngonium podophyllum, Amorphophallus, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Begonia, Commelina, Leea, Cissus and Vitis species.
