Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Hippotion celerio – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth: Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae),Rumex vesicarius (Polygonaceae), Impatiens sp. (Balsaminaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010), Vitis sp. (Viticeae) Sondhi, S., Sankararaman, H. & Bhavanarayani, R. (2021) in Sondhi et al. (2021).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Delhi | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- pg 42, pl 27 f, # 90
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713 Image 62
- , # 143, pl 32.
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sondhi, S., Sankararaman, H. & Bhavanarayani, R. 2021. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vine Hawkmoth; Silver-striped Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355785/Hippotion-celerio
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