yup it does. If it isnt, it definitely belongs to the sphinx or hawkmoth family.
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yup it does. If it isnt, it definitely belongs to the sphinx or hawkmoth family.
Butterfly dogs don't like baths. They only like to puddle... in their own pee!
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thanks! Found this poster by Dr Leong Tzi Ming of local hawk moths: http://www.butterfly-insect.com/alcs...-Singapore.pdf
It seems closest to Acherontia lachesis.
Ellen, the other moth-related proceedings might interest you too: http://butterfly-insect.com/alcs2008...oceedings.html
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wow thanks. Bursting with info!
Butterfly dogs don't like baths. They only like to puddle... in their own pee!
Young Member
Either Acherontia lachesis or A. atropos
Aaron Soh
Moth Expert / Forum Facilitator
This is A. lachesis
A. atropos is an African species.
The only other species in the genus, A. styx, has a much cleaner look as the postmedial & subterminal fascia are much thinner.
Both atropos and styx lack the basal blackening on the hindwing that is present in A. lachesis
Check out Ian Kitching and Tony Pittaway's Eastern Palaearctic sphingid website or Jan Beck's & Ian Kitching's S.E.Asian sphingid website for more info.
cheers, Roger.
Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.
C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/
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