Acosmeryx naga
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Acosmeryx |
| Species: | A. naga
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Acosmeryx naga is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Frederic Moore in 1858, and is known from Japan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and South-east Asia.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 86–112 mm.
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Male, dorsal - MHNT -
Male, underside ventral
Distribution
[edit]In northern China, there is one generation per year, with adults on wing from April to June. In Korea, adults are on wing from early May to mid-August.[3]
Biology
[edit]The larva of the species have been found on plants in the genera Vitis, Ampelopsis, Actinidia, and Saurauia.
Subspecies
[edit]- Acosmeryx naga naga (Himalayan foothills of Pakistan, India, Nepal and China, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, northern Vietnam, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan)
- Acosmeryx naga hissarica Shchetkin, 1956 (southern Tajikistan and Afghanistan)
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Acosmeryx naga hissarica male, dorsal -
Acosmeryx naga hissarica male, ventral -
Acosmeryx naga hissarica female, dorsal -
Acosmeryx naga hissarica female ventral
References
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- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acosmeryx naga (Moore, [1858])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, [1858]) -- Naga hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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