Cephonodes apus

Cephonodes apus
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cephonodes
Species:	C. apus
Binomial name
	Cephonodes apus; (Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
	Macroglossa apus Boisduval, 1833;

Cephonodes apus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Islands of Réunion and Mauritius.[2]

The upperside of the abdomen is bicoloured, the anterior half green, the posterior half red. The upperside of the head, thorax, wing bases and first four abdominal segments are unicolorous green. Abdominal segment five is red, segment six to eight are red mixed with green. The abdominal tuft is orange-brown. The underside of the abdomen is mixed pale yellow and pale orange.

The larvae feed on Antirhea borbonica.[3]

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Cephonodes apus (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Cephonodes apus (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.