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Field Notes

Description:

found this one crossing road... it has a strange looking horn like outgrowth on its back. the spots look like eyes of different sizes.

Species ID Suggestions

Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth

Hippotion rosetta

Reference Link
NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (2)
ChimeTsetan
Thank you Kibuyu for the wonderful information. Now there are so many hawk moth species available in south India, i wonder which species this one belongs to...
Davidbygott
Family Sphingidae (hawk moths) - most species have a single posterior 'horn' like this.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2014

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