Ambulyx sericeipennis (common gliding hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth

 

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Ambulyx

Species:                A. sericeipennis

Binomial name:  Ambulyx sericeipennis (Butler, 1875)

Marumba dyras ( dull swirled hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth

Scientific classification

 

Kingdom:            Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                   Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                Sphingidae

Genus:                 Marumba

Species:                M. dyras

Binomial name:   Marumba dyras (Walker, 1856)

 

Marumba dyras is a species of hawk moth described by Francis Walker in 1856.

 

Acherontia lachesis (Death's-head Hawkmoth) - Sikkim Moth

Acherontia lachesis (Death's-head Hawkmoth)

Place : Dalapchand, East Sikkim,

Date: October 15, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Acherontia lachesis (Death's-head Hawkmoth)

Place : Dalapchand, East Sikkim,

Date: October 15, 2011
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Arthropoda

Class:              Insecta

Order:             Lepidoptera

Family:           Sphingidae

Genus:            Acherontia

Species:           A. lachesis

Binomial name:  Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)

Other Names:  Bee Robber

Special feature: It is one of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth. They are very fond of honey; they can mimic the scent of honey bees so that they can enter a hive unharmed to get honey

Theretra nessus (Yam Hawk Moth) - Sikkim Moth

Theretra nessus (Yam Hawk Moth)

Place : Ravangla,  South Sikkim
Date: April 6,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Theretra
Species:	T. nessus