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Photo by njaan2019
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Field Notes

Description:

It's a moth. I think full grown. It's length is 10/11 cm. Big in size. When I search in Google I found It's mostly seen in maharastra. But today I spotted it here in assam.

Habitat:

Bongaigaon district of Assam.

Notes:

Big moth. Eyes are big. Colors are brown yellow and vivid color.

Species ID Suggestions

Yam Hawkmoth

Theretra nessus

Reference Link
John B.
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Comments (1)
John B.
Hi njaan2019, Nice pictures! As far as I can tell, Theretra nessus is distributed all over India (as well as numerous other Asian and Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines where I live).
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2023

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