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Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1876) – Large Olive Hawkmoth
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Rhodoprasina floralis – Large Olive Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1876) – Large Olive Hawkmoth: Acer campbellii (Sapindaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
List of Rhodoprasina Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 known from India.
Rhodoprasina callantha (Jordan, 1929), North Eastern India (Brechlin and Kitching, 1996).
Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1856), North Eastern India, Nepal (Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019).
Rhodoprasina nenulfascia Zhu & Wang, 1997, Arunachal Pradesh (Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019).
Rhodoprasina callantha (Jordan, 1929), North Eastern India (Brechlin and Kitching, 1996).
Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1856), North Eastern India, Nepal (Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019).
Rhodoprasina nenulfascia Zhu & Wang, 1997, Arunachal Pradesh (Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019).
References:
- Ambulyx floralis Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 639; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofzo09lond/page/639/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kitching, I. & R. Brechlin. 1996. New species of the genera Rhodoprasina Rothschild & Jordan and Acosmeryx Boisduval from Thailand and Vietnam, with a redescription of R. corolla Cadiou & Kitching (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachr entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 17 (1): 51-66.
- Irungbam, J.S. and Irungbam, M.J., 2019. Contributions to the knowledge of moths of Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Bhutan with new records. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(8), pp.14022-14050.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 492.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=75261 [accessed 17 July 2021]
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2500 [accessed 17 July 2021]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Rhodoprasina floralis (Butler, 1876) – Large Olive Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357880/Rhodoprasina-floralis
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