Pellucid Hawk Moth

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Photograph No1 & 2 adjacent to a paddy field and a small stream, at altitude 1000m. Bandung, W. Java.

Photograph No3 House flower garden, altitude 250m. Ciranjang village, Cianjur, W. Java.

I don’t get to see these stunning daytime moths very often, and so it is always a special day if I get to capture one in pixels. Image No3 actually shows egg laying in progress. I should have photographed the eggs while I was there, sorry.

Sphingidae, Cephonodes hylas - pellucid hawk moth.

Melanogaster is quoted as the Indonesian sub species, but could not find photographic evidence of such.

Dave

Update ID - cephanodes picus. This is due to the orange color of the legs and the under thorax hairs. See following posts for full explanation.

Thanks to TL Seow for all the help.